Butterfly watching

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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.

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.

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)