From Gary in Edmonton, Alberta. Today’s butterfly was a surprise for me in more ways than one. I ventured out to the little bog just south of Sherwood Park in hopes of finding a Giant Sulphur. No sulphurs, but on the edge of the bog a population of fresh Boloria freija aka Freija fritillarys! The second surprise was when I got home […]
This July’s eButterflyer of the month is Alberta’s own Gary Anweiler. Gary has been associated with the Strickland Entomological Museum for 25 years now and wrote many of the lepidoptera species pages for the Virtual Museum site and is co-author of the annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada published in 2010 and updated in 2014. He […]
We are pleased to announce the release of eButterfly 3.0, an updated version of the powerful Internet-based program currently used by thousands of butterfly enthusiasts. eButterfly is a free, user-friendly way for butterfly watchers across North America to record, archive and share their observations anytime, anywhere. It is also an important tool for conservation, providing […]
Got questions about eButterfly? What to see someone else use eButterfly? Go to eButterfly’s YouTube Channel and view either You see it? Why not E it? or You Don’t Have to Know the Species. John Acorn of Nature Nut fame and his illustrious co-stars do an incredible job illustrating how to use and enjoy eButterfly. […]
With a bias toward the physical sciences, Roy Pilcher’s primary, secondary and university studies did not contain a single life science course. By way of compensation Roy’s youth was happily expended on a Rhodesian farm while his boarding school environs in both Rhodesia and South Africa were gloriously isolated and remotely located. Collecting birds’ eggs […]
Les graines qui ont donné naissance à iPapillon ont été semées il y a plus de 60 ans, au moment où Jacques Larrivée a entrepris l’Étude des populations d’oiseaux du Québec (ÉPOQ). Ce programme de collecte de données sur les oiseaux représente aujourd’hui, avec plus de six millions d’observations, le plus long programme du genre jamais […]
Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer le lancement de iPapillon 3.0, la version mise à jour du puissant site Internet actuellement utilisé par des milliers de mordus des papillons. iPapillon est un site gratuit et convivial qui permet aux observateurs de papillons de toute l’Amérique du Nord d’entrer, d’archiver et de partager leurs observations n’importe où, n’importe […]
Vous devez utiliser la version la plus récente de votre navigateur pour optimiser l’affichage et le fonctionnement de la version 3.0 du site iPapillon. Si vous utilisez Internet Explorer, il doit s’agir de la version 10 ou d’une version ultérieure. Cliquez ici pour vous renseigner sur les dernières versions des différents navigateurs et savoir quelle version de […]
Elizabeth Long brought her passion for birds to butterflies during her graduate studies at UC Davis with Prof. Art Shapiro. Dr. Long is now a researcher at UCLA working in conservation biology at the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science. She has been a member of eButterfly’s Scientific Advisory Panel and has contributed 55 […]
Please note that eButterfly 3.0 requires web browsers that are up-to-date for optimal viewing and use. Please make sure your browser is the latest version available. If you are using Internet Explorer it must be version 10 or later. Here’s a helpful article listing the latest versions and how you can check. Thank you.