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