International Butterfly Breeders Association - for butterfly breeders, butterfly farming, butterfly releases

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 Convention, 2010
This year’s IBBA Convention will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.. Dates will be the weekend of November 12, 13, and 14, with possible optional excursions before or after.

Click HERE for more.

2009 convention pages

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
		are guided by the IBBA code of ethics.

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.

What's New?
Here are some links to recent additions to the IBBA web site.
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09/02/10	A new article in the Ask a Mentor section: Suggestions for Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) for Butterfly Farming Activities - by Linda Rogers. Butterfly Farmers may encounter various hazards in their work, but with a little preparation and care these can be overcome or avoided.
09/01/10	Board Minutes for August added.
09/01/10	Balance Sheets and Profit & Loss Reports for July are now available in the Finance section.
08/28/10	Members of the Dplex and Western Monarchs Lists are invited to attend the IBBA Convention at IBBA Member rates. Please see the main Convention page for prices, and use the linked Registration Form to register.
08/27/10	Unfortunately, owing to serious illness, it has been necessary to cancel the Professional Butterfly Farming Seminar which was to run immediately before the IBBA Convention. Please watch the Convention page for further details.
08/26/10	The Greenhouses & Coldframes information and external link on the Business Referrals page has been updated to reflect changes on the target website.
08/25/10	The Wings of Hope Auction pages have been updated with more donations (external link to Wings of Hope site).
08/16/10	Our Keynote Speaker at the 2010 IBBA Convention will be Dr. Robert Pyle. A brief biography of Dr. Pyle has been added to the convention section.
08/16/10	The Wings of Hope Auction pages have been updated with more donations (external link to Wings of Hope site).
08/16/10	The convention agenda has been updated with lots of new atractions on the list - Convention page.
08/03/10	Balance Sheets and Profit & Loss Reports for May and June are now available in the Finance section.

[ Earlier "What's New" links have been moved HERE ]

Click Below For:

Where To Buy
Live Butterflies
for your special event

The Butterfly Farm Store,
for butterfly merchandise
and services

The "Wings of Hope"
Program