There has been some recent discussion about Canada on this place so here is an update that is full of interest, including pics of local habitat.

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/intro.htm

Hello, I am here! Will get to it. It has been very cold here and I have been busy snow removal, never seen so much snow as has fallen this month. Ok, this is the reference site I refer too all the time. A wonderful book too. http://books.google.ca/books?id=tJpoXFZBBnAC&printsec=frontcover&d...

Hello, I am here! Will get to it.
It has been very cold here and I have been busy snow removal, never seen so much snow as has fallen this month.

In August, going to the Grasslands National Park in SW Sask. to help in the study going on there regarding the Mormon Metalmark. Only 2 known breeding spots in Canada, the other being in the Okanagan Valley BC.

I think this site is a great resource, many pleasant visits to BC in the past.

This is an electronic atlas of BCs wildlife including butterflies recorded in the province. An amazing reference link for sure.

http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/index.shtml

I live in Edmonton, 3 hrs drive east of the Rockies and 5 hrs south of oilsands. I do surveys/counts in the local fens and sandhills around here, as well as visiting the area close to Rockies. Down south on Montana border, I do 2 bird counts. habitat is badlands, coulees, native grasslands etc. Grea...

Newbie here, have been lurking around here for quite a while! Interesting views here on mis-identification, witness it here from time to time and look at the big number of species/sub species here in Alberta! A few years ago, a U of A prof tried to set up butterfly counts in Alberta but the problem ...