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.

Click HERE for photos from the 2009 convention.

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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Not a member yet? Click HERE to find out how to join!

07/28/10	Board Minutes for May and June[draft] added. There was no meeting in July (no quorum).
07/16/10	Insect Rearing at MSU - outdated information removed.
07/16/10	State Agency List updated for Indiana.
07/12/10	Convention agenda and registration details are now available on the Convention page.
06/16/10	Convention update message posted to the Convention page.
06/11/10	The 2010 IBBA Annual Convention will be preceded by a special seminar, the Professional Butterfly Farming Seminar. Details are now available in the Convention 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