Butterfly Botanists.

Duration: 11 min.

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1947

Creator: Coronet Films: Publisher

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: David A. Smart (producer); Edwin Way Teale

Description: Includes the life history of the Monarch as a typical butterfly; the dependence of the larvae upon food plants; the ability of butterflies to recognize all members of a plant family; the use of various members of a plant family during the progressive stages of the butterfly's life; the stages of development of various species, stressing methods of hibernation; and the economic importance of butterflies. , about butterflies and their pickiness regarding plants they eat and lay eggs on. Stages and developments of various species of butterflies are shown. Explains the economic importance of all butterflies.

Complete Record: BUTTERFLY BOTANISTS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm. Summary: The life stories of the Monarch, Viceroy, Black Swallowtail, and other butterflies, with references to the plants on which they live. Credits: Collaborator, Edwin Way Teale. © Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc.; 29Aug47; MP2582.

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