CELEBRATE WITH US! 

THIRD ANNUAL NATIONAL BUTTERFLY AWARENESS DAY(NBAD)

JUNE 4, 2011

 National Butterfly Awareness Day is the first Saturday in June of each year

The Association For Butterflies announces National Butterfly Awareness Day, (the first Saturday in June) a day to raise peoples’ awareness of butterflies.  Aesthetically pleasing, important pollinators, and excellent teachers of metamorphosis, the butterfly can be celebrated through a variety of activities:

Students and Scout groups: 

(1) Study a butterfly’s life cycle

(2) Learn the word “butterfly” in different languages

(3) Find out if there is a state butterfly in the students’ states and study its habits

(4) Raise some butterflies in the classroom

(5) Celebrate by releasing butterflies at the end of the school year

(6)  Plant a butterfly garden

Adults:

(1) Plant a butterfly garden at home

(2) Plant a butterfly garden in a public place for everyone’s enjoyment

(3) Celebrate a special occasion by releasing live butterflies

(4) Tell friends, relatives, and neighbors about National Butterfly Awareness Day

Nature Centers, Plant Nurseries, Wildlife Centers, Parks:

(1) Plan activities centered on attracting butterflies

(2) Promote the concept of caterpillars turning into butterflies and discourage the use of pesticides

(3) Plan a butterfly release to educate the public about butterflies

(4) Contact the press to help promote National Butterfly Awareness Day

Summer Camps:

(1) Plan an activity related to butterflies and other pollinators

(2) Take a short field trip to a natural area to study butterfly plants

EVERYONE:  Contact local newspapers, TV stations and other media to help promote National Butterfly Awareness Day!