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Contents 1 Equipment used 2 Locations 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

Butterfly watching (also called butterflying) is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of butterflies. There are clubs, handbooks, checklists, and festivals devoted to the activity. The Fourth of July and Canada Day butterfly count, an annual census of species by butterfly watchers throughout North America, is an example of citizen science.

It also includes "catch and release" of butterflies.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Locations

Well-known butterfly-watching areas include Costa Rica, the Amazon Basin, and sub-Saharan Africa.

[edit] References

• 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)
• 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

[edit] See also

• Butterfly gardening
• Butterfly field guides by region
• Lepidopterist

[edit] External links

• North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
• Butterflying to Amazonia
• The Lepidopterists' Society
• Carolina Butterfly Society
• Butterflies of North Carolina
• Massachusetts Butterfly Club (chapter of NABA)
• Butterfly Watching Basics
• The Mulberry Wing - Field notes of the New York City and North Jersey Butterfly Clubs.
• Butterfly Conservation - The main UK organisation.
• NABA South Texas, America's Butterfly Capital (chapter of NABA)
• Butterflying in South Texas, America's Butterfly Capital
• Butterflying in Mexico and Latin America