Resources
Books
Raising Butterflies in the Garden By Brenda Dziedzic
Caterpillars of Eastern North America By David Wagner
How To Raise Monarch Butterflies By Carol Pasternak
Nurseries that carry butterfly nectar and host plants
The Native Plant Nursery LLC (Ann Arbor Farmer's Market)
Plant lists
Wildtype Nursery's Butterfly Plants list
Xerces Society's Great Lakes Plants
Native Landscape Designers:
Creating Sustainable Landscapes LLC
Websites to learn more:
BugGuide.net - includes ID guides
Butterflies and Moths of North America - contribute your sightings
Discover Life - includes ID guides
Michigan Flora Online - Searchable plant database
North American Butterfly Association
The Native Plant Nursery's searchable plant database
Links shared by "Good Bug, Bad Bug" speaker, Kristine Hahn (June 2018):
1) Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants http://msue.anr.msu.edu/uploads/files/e2973.pdf
2) Bees of the Great Lakes Region and Wildflowers to Support Them http://shop.msu.edu/product_p/bulletin-e3282.htm
3) Michigan State University, Department of Entomology, Native Plants and Ecosystem Services: https://www.canr.msu.edu/nativeplants/