Welcome to the web site of the International Butterfly Breeders Association, Inc. Founded in 1998, IBBA is the largest and oldest professional butterfly farming trade association.
Membership brings valuable knowledge, training and business benefits.
Latest News:
IBBA Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of IBBA members will take place on the IBBA Mailing List. It is is scheduled to begin at 6 pm, Friday, January 9th and end at 6 pm, Sunday, January 18th, 2009. (EST). Further details and instructions will be anounced on the IBBA Mailing List.
Click HERE to find out what else is new on our website!
IMPORTANT NOTICE
When purchasing live butterflies for release, be sure to select a butterfly farm from the list of IBBA Members on this web site.
IBBA member butterfly farms:
are educated and experienced in every aspect of raising and
shipping butterflies
have federal permits to ship butterflies in the U.S., and
The IBBA recommends purchasing adult butterflies and does not endorse shipping pupae in boxes that must emerge inside the boxes before release as a butterfly. The quality and success of a butterfly release declines when pupae are shipped in boxes, instead of adult butterflies. For the best results, allow a professional butterfly farm to hand raise your livestock and ship it to you fully developed.
For the highest quality butterflies for your event, be sure to rely on an IBBA farm to provide healthy, strong and stunningly beautiful butterflies.
Click Below For:
Where To Buy
Live Butterflies
for your special event
The Butterfly Farm Store,
for butterfly merchandise
and services
Here are some links to recent additions to the IBBA web site. A green dot on the right indicates that a Member Password is required to access this item. Not a member yet? Click HERE to find out how to join!
Board meeting minutes for Nov. 18 are now available in the Board Meeting Minutes section.
11/22/08
Board meeting minutes for October 20 are now available in the Board Meeting Minutes section.
11/21/08
Presentations from the 2008 IBBA Annual Convention have been added to the Ask a Mentor section.
11/20/08
The election is declared a slate and a ballot is not required. Members can see details on the Election page HERE. The full 2009 Board is now listed on the Board & Offices page HERE.
11/20/08
Financial reports for October are now available in the Budget & Financial section.
11/20/08
The instructors for the forthcoming IBBA Online Course "Presentations for Profit" will now be Gloria Brons and Heather Ness. The course runs from 1st thru 8th Dec and costs $25.00 (US Dollars) for members, $50.00 for non-members. Click HERE to sign up.
11/18/08
More convention photos sent in by Renee Cooke, together with a link to her convention photo page on Flickr®, are now on the 2008 Convention page.
11/17/08
Link to The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society website added to the Bonus Items section of the Articles Archive. Over 3000 articles spanning 50+ years of the Journal are freely available on the JLS website.
[ Earlier "What's New" links have been moved HERE ]
PLEASE NOTE: E-mail is the preferred method of contact, and all e-mails will be returned within 24 business hours. If a response is needed prior to that time frame, please telephone.
Press and Media Contact:
Dale McClung IBBA Advertising & Promotion
3025 70th Lane N.St. Petersburg, FL 33710
e mail: adverweb@adver-net.com
Telephone: 727-381-1932
Fax: 727-381-5046
Which Butterfly Species may be released in which U.S. states?
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to find out!
IBBA & Wings of Hope Postage Stamps Do you live in the USA? If so (or even if not!) would you like to be able to use some attractive - and genuine - US postage stamps promoting the IBBA or Wings of Hope? Click HERE to find out how.
