Rio Grande Valley Butterflies: Library Resources

A field guide showing North American butterflies in full color photographs, along with range maps, information about host plant and behavior and feeding habits.

Now the most up-to-date butterfly guide includes four new color plates of Mexican-border rarities, showing the latest discoveries among stray butterflies from the tropics, making the guide easy to use for fast identification in the field.

This user-friendly guide, lavishly illustrated with more than 160 species, provides invaluable information for those who want identify almost any North American butterfly, create a butterfly-friendly garden, use the new breed of close-range binoculars, and protect butterfly environments.

An introduction to over 600 species of North American butterflies in about 1,000 color photographs & text.

This magnificently illustrated volume serves as a field guide and a reference volume. It shows more than 500 butterfly species and instructs nature lovers on how to identify each of them. More than 500 beautiful color photos and reliable descriptive text combine to make this a helpful guide for butterfly enthusiasts everywhere.

Written in an engaging, nontechnical style for anyone who wants to attract butterflies to the yard or garden, all will find Butterfly Gardening for Texas an invaluable source of guidance and inspiration. Included are sample garden plans for the different regions of Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley.

Part natural history, part gardening guide, the book contains solid information on butterfly behavior and habitats and also explains how to attract these lovely creatures to your backyard with plants and feeders. Includes up-to-date information on migration and conservation efforts, as well as an identification guide for the most common North American species.

The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas is one of the most unique regions in the nation. It boasts some 1200 types of plants, 700 plus vertebrate creatures, over 524 species of birds and more than 300 kinds of butterflies. The magic elixir that enables the Valley's wildlife to flourish is water, and this video explores the impact of water availability and native, or non-native, vegetation on the ecosystem.

This nature documentary from NOVA follows the epic migration of the monarch butterfly over 2000 miles, providing a butterfly's-eye-view as the two month journey passes over forests, swamps, desserts, and open water, eventually touching down at their destination in Mexio. NOVA program, directed by Nick de Pencier.

Covers such topics as: understanding pollinators; inviting pollinators with plants; sustaining butterflies with larval host plants; creating a safe haven; advocating for pollinators.

A Rodale organic gardening book.

This book by the Xerces Society provides a complete action plan to protect bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, flies and some beetles by providing flowering habitat and nesting sites.

Whether you have an apartment balcony or a multi-acre ranch, the Texas Wildscapes program provides the tools you need to make a home for all the animals that will thrive in the native habitat you create.