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Prepare and Pack These Tools To Watch ButterfliesButterfly

Prepare and Pack These Tools To Watch Butterflies

Published September 22, 2020

This is the 10th year of the annual Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD). An international day introducing and celebrating butterflies that will hopefully promote the joy and importance of butterfly gardening and habitat creation/restoration.

Aesthetically pleasing, significant pollinators, and excellent metamorphosis teachers, the butterfly can be distinguished through an assortment of activities. On June 4, 2020, lepidopterists everywhere used their binoculars and celebrated Butterfly Awareness Day.

But this yearly holiday wasn’t only for experienced butterfly watchers; it is also an excellent chance for amateurs to begin learning about butterflies. Butterfly watching has become more prevalent in recent … Read More

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Help Save The Declining Monarch Butterfly PopulationMonarch Butterfly

Help Save The Declining Monarch Butterfly Population

Published May 21, 2020

The New York Times reported on attempts to monitor the Western monarch butterfly, which remains on California’s central coast during winters before heading off to breeding locations that cover a broad swathe in the nation’s central valley all the way to Idaho. It’s been more challenging to find moving butterflies.

“Something’s happening in early spring,” said Cheryl Schultz, A professor at Washington State University in Vancouver. Experts know that winter isn’t the issue in the short term, she said.… Read More

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Beginner’s Guide To Canadian ButterfliesCanadian Butterflies beginners guide

Beginner’s Guide To Canadian Butterflies

Published December 26, 2019

Insects: Butterflies

Lepidoptera – Order of insects, which include Canadian butterflies and moths. They may be distinguished from the other insects by both pairs of scale-covered wings, which are often brightly colour, especially in several butterflies. Lepidopterans experience entire metamorphosis: eggs are laid, larvae hatched, following a pupal stage, during which the ultimate adult shape forms. Butterflies are slender-bodied daytime mites.… Read More

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What To Bring On Your Butterfly Watching Adventure?Butterfly watching requires some basic equipment to take along.

What To Bring On Your Butterfly Watching Adventure?

Published August 11, 2019

For Canadians, nature watching has gained more interest and its popularity continues to increase. Bird watching has been a significant recreational activity for a long time.

Now, there is increasing interest in butterfly watching, those who might be interested in photographing, filming, watching, or studying butterflies, but don’t want to undertake the more conventional way of starting a big collection.

Observing butterflies with the naked eye is possible most of the time, but it can also be frustrating. Butterfly watching may take incredible patience and be at the right place and the right time, especially for the smaller and … Read More

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Where to Spot Butterflies in Canada

Where to Spot Butterflies in Canada

Published March 25, 2019

Visitors to Canada can spot butterflies in various locations as tens of thousands of butterflies rest here on their migration south. These are monarch butterflies, their unique orange and black coloring making them among the well-known species of butterfly – and an attractive one. The butterflies can be seen throughout the US and Southern Canada throughout the summer, where individual butterflies create a gorgeous sight in sunlight.

Nevertheless, these butterflies are recognized for having one of the widest migrations in the universe- from Southern Canada all the way to Mexico. The migration takes place every autumn and visitors gather at … Read More

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Saving And Monitoring Monarch Butterflies in North Americamonarch butterfly garden

Saving And Monitoring Monarch Butterflies in North America

Published July 17, 2018

The monarch butterfly migration is one of the most enchanting spectacles in the natural world. These large butterflies head up to Canada for the summer where locals can marvel at their beauty before it is time for them to head back to Mexico. The ongoing risks to insect and pollinators in the world means a growing desire to monitor and protect species. The last thing that we want is to see this migration end. That is why citizens and gardeners need to act now to play their part to save these beautiful butterflies.

The Monarch Migration Long Distance Challenge

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Camera Drones Are A New Way To See ButterfliesButterfly

Camera Drones Are A New Way To See Butterflies

Published September 30, 2017

Technology has played a vital role in human lives – it makes our lives easier and better to live in. Researchers, inventors, experts, scientists, and hobbyists have relied on technology to advance their studies. With its rapid evolvement, new technology can now help them to gather more data and achieve more accurate results.  UAV or drones are now equipped with lightweight cameras to record butterflies on the move!  Previously, butterflies were filmed with cameras on a track, or hand-held, now videos can be shot using a camera drone.

For documentation, camera drones or the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has … Read More

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5 Common Butterflies in CanadaButterflies In Canada

5 Common Butterflies in Canada

Published June 19, 2017

Canada is a country best known for its expensive wilderness and animals such as the grizzly bear, the polar bear, beaver, porcupine, the moose and the shaggy bison just to mention a few. However, Canada is also home to a wide range of insect species including butterflies.

Butterflies fall under the classification of Lepidoptera. Their defining features include four(4) wings covered with flat scales which give them their color and even their patterns. The wings also play a huge role when it comes to the process of identifying butterflies. According to lepidopterists (butterfly watchers), butterflies are identified using features … Read More

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Have Fun Butterfly WatchingWatching Butterfly Spotting Gear

Have Fun Butterfly Watching

Published April 9, 2017

Butterfly Spotting Gear For Butterfly Watching

Butterfly watching may not sound like a fun activity to everyone. Most often those who call it “boring” have never tried it for themselves. There are so many different species to be found in North America and the whole family can enjoy finding and watching beautiful insects in their natural environment.

Butterfly spotting can be fun, educational, and relaxing. Taking time to learn a little bit about when and where to spot butterflies can make this hobby much more successful too.

The right butterfly spotting gear will make a huge difference in how easily … Read More

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Preserving The Monarch ButterfliesMonarch Butterfly Spotting Locations

Preserving The Monarch Butterflies

Published March 3, 2017

Protecting The Monarch Butterfly  Spotting locations

The last several years have caused concern among scientists who focus their studies on Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). Monarch butterflies had been rapidly shrinking in numbers as adverse weather and immediately diminishing habitats threatened their natural migration.

Last year new hope presented itself in Mexico for the Monarchs. As the numbers of overwintering butterflies were significantly higher than in the years before.

The Mexican Monarch Population

Best Monarch Spotting LocationsThe World Wildlife Fund announced the Monarchs took up ten acres of park land in Mexico. Which is three times as much land as last year?

These orange … Read More

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Butterfly Binoculars For A Better Butterfly Watching ExperienceButterfly Spotting Gear

Butterfly Binoculars For A Better Butterfly Watching Experience

Published February 5, 2017

Binoculars For A Better Butterfly Spotting Gear

There are a few items everyone should have while attempting some Butterfly spotting. They should have a pen and notebook, a hat for shade, and a trusted pair of binoculars to get an up-close look without disturbing the butterflies.

Those who regularly go butterfly watching know already that butterflies do most of their flying when it’s hot outside. It is a good to have a portable air conditioner on hand in case the insect spotter needs to cool down while on the chase for the sometimes elusive winged beauties.

Chances are anyone … Read More

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North American Migration Of The MonarchsButterfly Spotting Locations In North America

North American Migration Of The Monarchs

Published January 2, 2017

Best Monarchs Butterfly Spotting Locations Is North American

One of the most magnificent wonders of the animal kingdom occurs every year and only in North America. It is the famous Monarch butterfly migration! They are the only insects on the planet known to leave their homes in Autumn. Once temperatures drop and head South until the weather at their home warms up again. Some of the butterflies fly all the way from Canada to Mexico to spend the Winter there before returning home.

Sadly, twenty years ago no one had to plan out visiting a location to see plenty … Read More

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Camping Out And Identifying Spotted LepidopteraButterfly Spotting Gear For Lepidoptera

Camping Out And Identifying Spotted Lepidoptera

Published December 5, 2016

Butterfly Spotting Gear Identify And Camping Out The Lepidoptera

Butterfly and moth watching can be relaxing and fun.

Before Sir David Attenborough heads into the wilderness to do some butterfly spotting, I bet he makes sure he has the right gear. He will need his hat to keep the sun out of his eyes, sunscreen, and a notebook, and pens. So he can keep track of the insects he observes.

He will also need to pack ample food supplies and drinking water, his camera and charger, binoculars, and portable solar generators for recharging cameras and cell phones (like the … Read More

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Where To See Monarch Butterflies In Action – 7 Places Not Be MissedMonarch Butterflies

Where To See Monarch Butterflies In Action – 7 Places Not Be Missed

Published November 3, 2016

 7 Best Butterfly Spotting Locations For Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch butterfly is perhaps the most easily recognized type of butterfly in North America. People who have a hobby of watching butterflies are likely already aware that Monarch populations are dying out quickly; the population has decreased ninety percent over the last twenty years.

This sad phenomenon relates to problems that they are now facing during their flight from Canada to Mexico. Monarchs are the only species of butterflies to complete a two-way migration. It means they leave their homes up North for warmer climates down South. When the seasons change … Read More

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Take A Close Look At Butterflies Through Thermal ImagingButterfly Spotting Gear

Take A Close Look At Butterflies Through Thermal Imaging

Published October 10, 2016

Butterfly Spotting Gear Through Thermal Imaging

One of the best examples of structural colour is seen while viewing the monarch butterfly wings. Butterfly wings have nanostructured chitin that refracts and reflects light, giving off a captivating iridescent colour.

Now scientists are adding carbon nanotubes to their sides to convert these nanostructures into an infrared/thermal imaging sensor (learn more about IR imaging at http://thermalcameras.guide).

As of right now, thermal imaging systems have mainly been used to check for electrical problems behind walls or to see in the dark. Doing so required the use of an often expensive infrared camera. This … Read More

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