Plant and Wildlife Resources

Butterfly Resource List:

Butterfly and Moth Identification

Field Guides

  • Golden Guides
  • Petersen Guides
  • Butterflies of Florida – Jaret Daniels
  • Butterflies of Central Florida – Marc Minno
  • Common Butterflies of Florida: Folding Guide (laminated)
  • Butterflies of Southwest Florida: A guide to common and notable species – Marc and Maria Minno
  • Florida Butterfly Caterpillars and their host plants – Marc Minno, Jerry F. Butler, et al.
  • Butterflies through binoculars: A field, finding, and gardening guide to butterflies in Florida – Jeffrey Glassberg, Marc C. Minno, et al.

Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds

  • Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida: A companion for gardeners – Roger Hammer (mainly South Florida)
  • Your Florida Guide to Butterfly Gardening – Jaret C. Daniels

Plant Identification – to look up host plants and other useful information