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Conference 2010 information
The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa (LepSoc) has decided to have a big public butterfly awareness day, that will form part of the society's annual conference weekend.
Lepsoc KZN finds new locality for Bicolored Skipper
D'you remember my words in a recent Metamorphosis - Bicoloured Skipper Abantis bicolor will be found one day in the Hwayi/Lower Illovo area? One of the first fruits of our discovery of the potential of a combination of Google Earth, a 3G card in a laptop and a Garmin GPS... and a Subaru Forester.
Well, we nailed it.
How I got Started on Butterflies
Written by JP Niehaus
I started my adventure with butterflies around 1971 (6 years old) in Kitwe, Zambia, where I lived. I saw a large black & yellow thing glide down in front of me and was immediately taken back by it's beauty.
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- Survey of Vryhaid/Nongoma
March 20, 2010 (8:00 AM) - March 23, 2010 (8:00 AM)The Vryheid/Nongoma area has a number of data deficient QDS's. Steve has found a couple of good spots to investigate,...
Brian Plowes - Vryheid/Nongoma area survey
March 20, 2010 (8:00 AM) - March 23, 2010 (8:00 AM)Steve has found two localities near Vryheid in data deficient QDS's which need surveying, namely Nhlazatshe moutain...
Brian Plowes - Vryheid/Nongoma area survey
March 20, 2010 (8:00 AM) - March 23, 2010 (8:00 AM)Steve has found two localities near Vryheid in data deficient QDS's which need surveying, namely Nhlazatshe moutain...
Brian Plowes - Easter iMfolozi SABCA survey
April 02, 2010 (5:00 AM) - April 06, 2010 (5:00 AM)This is the follow up to the 2009 survey.
So far we have one couple, Dave and Jo Bishop, two single ladies - Jenny...
Steve Woodhall 082 444 9331 - Cape Vidal SABCA survey
April 02, 2010 (7:00 AM) - April 06, 2010 (7:00 AM)Cape Vidal is in a QDS that has limited SABCA data as well as there being an adjoining QDS with very limited data, but...
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SABCA
SABCA (South African Butterfly Conservation Assessment). Read more about this exciting project under Conservation -> SABCA
Red Data Book
The society is currently working on a revised edition of the Red Data Book on South African Butterflies. It will be published by SANBI, but will only be available in the near future.
Public Awareness
One of LepSoc's and SABCA's goals is to increase public awareness about butterflies, using the virtual museum! In the VM members of the public can send in photographs for an expert panel to ID. For more information, click here!













