One of the things I really enjoyed when we were on holiday, was watching Monkey with his Gramps, two bug hunters together. The master and his willing student, absorbing every fact that Gramps could impart. Spotting Monarch butterflies fluttering around the hotel grounds in the early evenings was a highlight for us all. Miles Kelly have just released a great book called 100 Facts Butterflies & Moths which will help answer all of Monkey’s questions now we are back in England.
The 48 page paperback book is crammed full of facts, along with photographs and drawings. It’s even endorsed by Butterfly Conservation. It’s aimed at children aged 7 years and over, but with our family interest in the subject, Monkey is more than ready for this factual book.
Since we got back from Portugal, Monkey has been glued to this book as we’ve gone through all the facts, figures and quizzes. There re a number of activities to complete too, which we’ll be having a go at over the next couple of months.When Gramps has caught something in his net, Monkey always wants to know if it’s a butterfly or a moth. The 100 Facts Butterflies & Moths explains the differences as well as provided a pictorial guide.
Monkey is used to looking at Gramps insect boxes and he has his own display case up on the wall in his bedroom. He knows about wings and antenna and he’s heard Gramps talk about the thorax (body of the butterfly/moth) but this lovely book has shown him what happens inside them too.
We’ve reared a moth before from a caterpillar we found on the path, and at the moment we’re rearing some Painted Lady Butterflies for another review. The 100 Facts Butterflies & Moths book has worked so well with this, as Monkey’s been following the life-cycle in the book as well as in front of his eyes. He’s also been learning about the process at school, so it’s a great back-up for that too.
The facts are written in such a way that children will understand them, and the quizzes are a great way of checking their comprehension. The book covers everything from life cycles, habitats, dangers, butterfly and moth families, food and feeding and much more besides.
We’ve both been really impressed with this book, priced at £6.99, it’s available directly from the Miles Kelly website (free standard delivery too!) and is a bargain in my opinion.
disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned in exchange for an honest review
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I love a red admiral because of their bright and vibrant colours!
I have always loved red admirals as I love the colour and patterns x
red admiral beautiful
the Common Blue – Polyommatus icarus, I love the colour
Red Admiral seems popular
The monarch butterfly xx
I like the Blue Morpho as beautiful to watch and my favourite colour
Red Admiral, such a bright colourful Butterfly.
I like the Red Admiral for its colour. Always cheers me up when I see one.
i like the Red Admiral x
Love Cinnebar Moths – so pretty, I’d never seen them before until we moved to this house x
Tortoiseshell shell is my favourite
So graceful and beautiful and love to watch as they flutter from flower to flower
Brimstone butterfly – I love the beautiful colours – gorgeous!
red admiral, love the colours
Red Admiral as its colourful
i have no idea which are which. they are all pretty!
Adonis blue is beautiful x
common blue– lovely calm colour
We love the Rainbow Butterfly!
We love it because of it’s stunning colours 🙂
elephant hawk moth the Caterpillar is beautiful only ever seen one
Cinnabar moths as they are so striking coloured a cherry red and black and their caterpillars are pretty jazzy too.
I like caterpillars……………….but I have a real phobia of butterflies and moths! I can’t cope with anything flying around me!
Adonis blue is my favourite butterfly because I love blue.
It has to be a red admiral because they are absolutely gorgeous
My little lady would love this when she is older, she loves butterflies!
Red Admiral has striking colours
I love the purple hairstreak
the red admiral because they are beautiful and have the most awesome name!
I love the Blue Morpho butterfly due to it’s beautiful blue colour
my favourite is the BLUE MORPHO BUTTERFLY. i just love the shade of blue its spectacular
I love the Rainbow Butterfly – so bright and beautiful! 🙂
I was lucky enough to see the rare Swallowtail butterfly when we went to Norfolk. It was the most beautiful butterfly I have ever seen.
I love the white butterflies, think they are beautiful and easy to spot!
red admiral BEUTIFUL COLOURS
Red admiral is my favourite because the colours are bright and easy to spot
I really love the swallowtail butterfly. The yellow and black colours remind me of a bee/wasp and it looks kind of intimidating, but it is so pretty.
Monarch butterflies. They might not be the flashiest, but they remind me of my childhood.
I have to be honest, I don’t know a lot about them, so the book will be useful for me and the children! I do love Red Admirals, as much for their name as anything else, so grand and majestic!
Papillon – the rare blue butterfly from one of all time favourite films with Steve McQueen. Discovering that they used the blue dye extracted from their wings to print money back in the day sparked my interest in Butterflies.
red admiral beautiful xx
I wouldn’t say I have one favourite but love just seeing them and always watch them
Honestly they scare me! My daughter had one of the insect law kits with the red butterflies in, she really enjoyed it
I love the Hummingbird Hawk Moth which visits my garden and seems to like my geraniums.It is so big and you can hear the whirring sound of its wings.My son is so fascinated by them.
The common blue, so small dainty and colourful. Love to see them in our garden 🙂
i like the tiger moth
I like the Red Admiral for its colour.
I love the colours of the Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Red Admiral has striking colours but I love them all
The peacock butterfly is my favourite – I love the eye marking in the corner of the wings
Painted Ladies – really beautiful, we get these in our garden all the time.
I don’t have a favourite – they are all beautiful.
I love those little blue butterflies, I don’t know their names
Tortoiseshell Butterfly they are soooo gorgeous! To be honest I love all butterflies!!
The Comma butterfly because they can disguise themselves as a leaf when they close their wings.
butterflies are beautiful x
I only know the red admiral, lovely to look at, I really need this book to educate myself as well as grandchildren
Cabbage white – simplicity is best
Red admiral
I love the Cabbage white. I know iits a nuisance to gardeners but the flutter around and are just beautiful.
Red Admiral because it looks fantastic with it’s colours
Rainbow Butterfly – so bright & vibrant
Death head moth is pretty amazing. we get them in our garden sometimes 🙂
The tortoiseshell butterfly is stunning! I love how graceful and delicate butterflies are – I love seeing them every year,
I don’t know the names but would love to learn
Red Admiral butterfly – it reminds me of childhood. But I haven’t seen many lately.
Love seeing the cabbage whites in my garden
Small tortoiseshell as it is the classic butterfly
red admiral
Love the Red Admiral butterfly because of it’s bright colours
Painted ladies because we’ve been breeding them
Red Admiral is very beautiful 🙂
I don’t have a favourite as I’m still learning about them myself
cabbage white – very simple, ethereal
White Admiral – the are fairly rare and I remember seeing one when I was little and it was exciting seeing something that you can’t always see that often.
I love the comma butterfly with its beautiful shape and colours.
I don’t have a favourite butterfly, but they are all beautiful
The Red Admiral as it’s very pretty xx
The Red Admiral
cinnabar moths because they are so pretty and in my garden
Cabbage whites are lovely!
Cinnabar moths, we always have an abundance of them where I live, stunning red colour usually stands out a mile against the yellow Gorse
The Green Hairstreak, so vibrant and bright!
Small Tortoiseshell -Aglais urticae as its nice and bright.
I love the Cabbage White as a child my Mom used to tell me that whenever you see a Cabbage White it means they have just left a baby amongst the cabbages for the Mommy to pick up 🙂
I like the cabbage white – I know gardeners really dont like them but I think they look pretty flitting through the garden
I love the Red Admiral, used to see loads when I was a child but not so many now
The Red Admiral for its beauty and colours.
The monarch butterfly – it’s beautiful.
I love the very much overlooked cabbage white. Always love the underdog!
I have no idea of the name but we went to the butterfly house in Bristol Zoo and there was the most amazing, bright blue butterfly there!! I fell in love a little bit <3
Purple emperor – because it has such magnificent colouring
I just like butterflies the colours are so vivid I would like to learn more about them Thanks
Papilionoidea because it loos lovely and pretty with its different colours x
I love the red admirals because of their striking colours
I love Peacock Butterflies, because they are so colourful!
Red Admiral – its beautiful
The Monarch butterfly, reminds me of a stained glass window
The Monarch butterfly was the first one I learnt about at school and it remains my favourite to this day.
I love red admirals because the pattern on their wings is beautiful
the admiral because the colouring are stunning
The Red Admiral is my favourite butterfly and it is so big and beautiful x
Tortoiseshell because they often sit still long enough for me to get close and have a good look at their beautiful patterns.
Because of the stunning colour Blue Morphio
I have to admit that I don’t know many of their names in English which is my main reason to enter, my middle child is fascinated by butterflies, caterpillars and months so I’d love to be able to learn with him x
mine is the swallowtail
I like the common blue, although its usually quite a surprise if I see it! They have such a a bright colour 🙂