RESOURCE: Butterfly Lifecycle

This educational handout is a launching point for discussions about the lifecycle of a monarch butterfly.  The worksheet outlines the four basic stages of the butterfly’s lifecycle and leaves space for participants to write their notes and answers to discussion questions about each stage.

* this double-column worksheet can be printed on 8.5×11 and cut in half when printing multiple copies of the handout

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Butterfly Gardens – BOOK LIST FOR KIDS

Touch A Butterfly – April Pulley Sayre [635 SAY]

Kids in the Wild Garden – Elizabeth McCorquodale [635.951 MCC]

PLANT LIST: Butterfly Gardens

Orange + Pink

BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
– Asclepias tuberosa (info)

YARROW
– Achillea millefolium ‘Summer Pastels’ (info)

BUTTERFLY BUSH
– Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Bicolor’ (pictures)

PERENNIAL SAGE
– Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Deep Rose’ (info)

THREADLEAF TICKSEED
– Coreopsis verticillata ‘Sweet Marmalade’ (info)

Blue + Yellow

BUTTERFLY MILKWEED
– Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello Yello’ (info)

YARROW
– Achillea millefolium ‘Sunny Seduction’ (info)

BUTTERFLY BUSH
– Buddleia ‘Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven’ (info)

PERENNIAL SAGE
– Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Sky Blue’ (info)

THREADLEAF TICKSEED
– Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ (info)

Looking for more information about how to select a location for these plants, which butterflies they attract or want to DIY your own Butterfly Garden? -> see the Butterfly Gardens section of our Resources Page and the