Butterfly watching
Butterfly watching (also called butterflying) is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of butterflies. It also includes "catch and release" of butterflies. There are clubs, handbooks, checklists, and festivals devoted to the activity.
The Canada Day and Fourth of July annual butterfly count, a census of species by butterfly watchers throughout North America, is an example of citizen science.
Equipment used
- Low-power binoculars (7x35, for example)
- A butterfly field guide. Not all butterflies are readily identifiable from color photographs. The skippers, for example, are best identified from set specimens.
- A camera (optional)
Locations
Well-known butterfly-watching areas include Costa Rica, the Amazon Basin, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Counting butterflies
Projects in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands and other countries provide a framework for reporting butterfly sightings in an attempt to understand better what factors threaten or favor European butterflies.
See also
References
- D'Amico G. (2009). Relationships between butterflies (Lepidoptera Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) and flowering plants in lowland protected areas within the Po Plain area (Northern Italy). Scientifica Acta (Graduate School in Science and Technology of the University of Pavia) (3) 2: 39-46. http://siba.unipv.it/fisica/ScientificaActa/volume_3_2/Damico.pdf
- Dunkle, S. W. (2000). Dragonflies through binoculars: a field guide to dragonflies of North America. New York: Oxford University. ISBN 0195112687
- Glassberg, J. (1993). Butterflies through binoculars: a field guide to butterflies in the Boston, New York, Washington region. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195079825 ISBN 0195079833 (pbk)
- Glassberg, J. (1999). Butterflies through binoculars: the East. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195106687
- Glassberg, J. (2001). Butterflies through binoculars: the West : a field guide to the butterflies of western North America. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195106695
- Glassberg, J., Minno, M. C., & Calhoun, J. V. (2000). Butterflies through binoculars: Florida. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195112490
- Groppali R., D'Amico G. & Riccardi C. (2008). "Osservare gli insetti: farfalle e libellule del Parco Adda Sud. Atlante-guida per la fruizione della fauna minore nell'area protetta". Conoscere il Parco (Volume 6), Parco Adda Sud, Lodi, 206 pp. (http://www.parcoaddasud.it/tuttopubblicazioni.htm)
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