Thank you to all the enthusiastic amateur entomologists who came out to the Butterfly and Dragonfly event with Patrick Lilley on Sunday. As requested, Patrick has sent along a list of his favourite field guides.
*Butterflies of Cascadia by Robert Pyle. Available through Amazon.
*Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest by Robert Pyle. Not yet available in Canada but can be preordered from Amazon.
*Dragonflies of British Columbia and Yukon by Rob Cannings.
-For a digital copy of the Butterfly ID sheet go to www.goert.ca/documents/Butterfly_ID_sheet.pdf
-Butterfly nets can be ordered from ThINC at ThINC@thetisisland.net
Patrick will be back in early July for another fun and interesting entomology event at the Nature House. Stay tuned for the summer program of events coming soon.
Happy Butterflying from Patrick and the ThINC board!
