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Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network

The Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network engages citizen scientists in the process of collecting quantitative data on butterfly populations.

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Training Material

2020 PDFs
  • IBMN General Training
  • Top 25 Butterflies
  • Top 30 Butterflies – Southern Illinois
  • Top 7 Skippers
  • Making Sense of the Skippers
  • Making Sense of the Skippers – Southern Illinois
  • Beyond the Beginner’s Checklist Part I
  • Beyond the Beginner’s Checklist Part II
Old Material
  • IBMN General Training (Youtube video)
  • Top 25 Butterflies (Youtube video)
  • Beginner’s Checklist – Species Markings (pdf)
  • Top 25 Butterflies (pdf)
  • Top 30 Butterflies for Southern Illinois (pdf)
  • Top 7 Skippers (pdf)
  • Beyond the Beginner’s Checklist – Species Markings (pdf)
  • Butterfly Families (Appendix C from the guidelines) (pdf)
  • Butterfly Anatomy (pdf)
  • Making More Sense of the Skippers (pdf)
  • Butterfly identification, with comparisons of similar butterflies (pdf)
  • Gypsy moth versus butterfly identification
  • Instructions for creating a map of your route using Google Earth

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