Books

       Raising Butterflies and Moths in the Garden By Brenda Dziedzic (Sattler)

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       Caterpillars of Eastern North America By David Wagner

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       How To Raise Monarch Butterflies By Carol Pasternak

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       The Monarch by Kylee Baumle St Lynn's Press

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       Raising butterflies at Home: The Black Swallowtail: A Comprehensive Guide -

       By Sarah G. Roland and Bayne Roland

        

       An Immense World by Ed Yong

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       How Can I Help? Saving Nature With Your Yard by Doug Tallamy

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      The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Nurseries that carry butterfly nectar and host plants

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Barson's Greenhouse

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Wildtype Native Plant Nursery 

 

The Native Plant Nursery LLC (Ann Arbor Farmer's Market)

 

Hidden Savanna Nursery

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Michiganense Natives​

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detroitwildflowers.com

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Plant lists

 

Wildtype Nursery's Butterfly Plants list

 

Xerces Society's Great Lakes Plants

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Native Landscape Designers:

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Creating Sustainable Landscapes LLC

 

Natural Community Services

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Wildtype Ecological Services

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Websites to learn more: 

 

BugGuide.net - includes ID guides

 

Butterflies and Moths of North America - contribute your sightings

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Discover Life - includes ID guides

 

Michigan Flora Online - Searchable plant database

 

Monarch Watch

 

North American Butterfly Association

 

The Native Plant Nursery's searchable plant database

 

The Xerces Society

 

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Links shared by "Good Bug, Bad Bug" speaker, Kristine Hahn (June 2018): 

 

1) Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants http://msue.anr.msu.edu/uploads/files/e2973.pdf

 

2) Bees of the Great Lakes Region and Wildflowers to Support Them http://shop.msu.edu/product_p/bulletin-e3282.htm

 

3) Michigan State University, Department of Entomology, Native Plants and Ecosystem Services:  https://www.canr.msu.edu/nativeplants/