The Family Butterfly Book - Softcover

Mikula, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158017292X ISBN 13: 9781580172929

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000

Synopsis

Offering 40 fun projects that include building butterfly habitats, feeding butterflies by hand, and even incorporating live butterflies into special celebrations, Rick Mikula encourages you to get the whole family involved as you explore the exciting and colorful world of butterflies. Providing a comprehensive overview of the butterfly lifecycle and close-up photography of 40 stunning North American species, this guide teaches you everything you need to know to identify, care for, and raise these beautiful and fascinating insects. 

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Take a Butterfly Under Your Wing

From a spectacular cloud of migrating Monarchs to a vivid Red Admiral lighting on your arm, butterflies take your breath away with their beauty and freshness. In this magnificent book, butterfly expert Rick Mikula shows how you can identify, care for, and raise butterflies in your own back yard so they will grace our earth for all time. Brimming with photos, insights, tips, and a dozen projects, this book is ideal for families, school, community groups, and individuals that want to have fun with butterflies.

Inside you'll learn how to:

- Hold and hand-feed a butterfly

- Grow host plants and nectar plants

- Make butterfly nets and rearing cages

- Identify common and endangered North American butterflies

About the Author:

Rick Mikula, author of The Family Butterfly Book, is known as the grandfather of butterfly farming. He owns Hole-in-Hand Butterfly Farm and serves as a habitat consultant for numerous museums, zoos, aviaries, universities, and parks, including Dolly Parton’s Butterfly Emporium at Dollywood and the Hershey Gardens Butterfly House. He gives hundreds of lectures and workshops every year, and his work has been featured in newspapers, in magazines, and on television and radio programs around the world. Mikula lives in Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 158017292X
• ISBN 13: 9781580172929
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176