Give Citizen Science Wings....

Thanks to some great work from our friends at the Australian Citizen Science Association (https://citizenscience.org.au/), Australia Post has honoured our project with a stamp issue! Our stamp has been released along with stamps for three other great citizen science projects as part of a special issue celebrating citizen science in Australia. The other projects included are the fun biodiversity identification app Questagame, the disease tracking project Zika Mozzie Seeker, and a collaboration bet...

Thanks to a wonderful offer from photographer and butterfly enthusiast Frank Pierce, we have been able to add a number of images of Christmas Island butterflies to the field guide! We have taken the opportunity to begin adding range maps and field guide entries for offshore island species. So far we have updated Christmas Swallowtail, Norfolk Swallowtail, Striped Albatross, Climena Crow, and Crow Eggfly. Watch this space, as we will continue to add range maps over time for other, more widely spre...

Come to our Hobart workshop where we will teach you how to use the Butterflies Australia app and website! This workshop will be held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in central Hobart. WHERE: Royal Society Room, Customs House Building, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 19 Davey St, Hobart, TAS 7000. WHEN: 9:30am - 1:30pm, Saturday 1st February 2020, with a break for lunch in the middle to visit nearby cafes and shops. You'll have an opportunity to learn how to look for and identify local b...