January 17, Wednesday, Spokane: John Baumann on Leading or Planning Great Spokane Area Butterfly Safaris. January, TBA, Seattle: Holiday Party.

2/7 – Seattle 7-9 pm “Rewards and Challenges of Teaching H. S. Entomology” Jim Reed

February 21, Spokane: Bea Harrison, Bringing Nature Home. This local naturalist and gardener explains what to plant and how to care for yards or other property in which we try to give back to nature.

March 7, Seattle: David Droppers Tells Us About Frits.

March 21, Spokane: James C Bergdahl will speak on Grylloblatids, on his research into the life cycle of what might be a Mt. Spokane endemic insect!

April 4, Seattle: Carl Barrentine – Much Ado About Mothing: Confessions from the Dark Side.

April 18, Spokane: John Baumann: A Humbly Unscientific and Non-comprehensive Guide to Local Fritillaries.

May 2, Seattle: David James – What Can We Do For Butterfly Conservation? Things that we as individuals or as a group can do, to help understand and conserve our butterflies in the Pacific Northwest.

May 16, Spokane: Jon Pelham, Basic Butterfly Biology. The latest iteration of Jonathan Pelham’s highly engaging and provocative introduction to the science of butterflies, tailored by this leading curator and taxonomist for the Spokane area butterfly enthusiast.

No meetings in summer. See you in White Salmon or on one of the field trips! For notification of ‘flash field trips’, make sure we have your current email address, check our website, or follow our Facebook page. Be sure to post your photos of butterflies on Instagram with our hashtag #washingtonbutterflies!

July 13-16, White Salmon: Annual Butterfly Study Weekend (aka Conference)

Wednesday Sept. 5, Seattle; and Sept. 19, Spokane: Share the Wealth.

Wednesday Oct. 3, Seattle: Dr. Hans Kelstrup. Solitary wasps and the search for queens and workers: A step to- ward castes in social insects.

Wednesday Oct 17, Spokane: TBA

Wednesday Nov. 7, Seattle: Dr. Amy Lanbert on the Island Marble butterfly.

1/14 – Spokane Meeting: “Much Ado About Mothing” Carl Barrentine

Wednesday Dec. 5, Seattle: Jim Reed on Teaching the Next Generation of Entomologists in High School Biology.