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July 13, 2025 By David Droppers, Trip Leader Bumpy road, steep trail, but it’s short, the views are good, and boy are the butterflies grand! We seemed to hit near the peak of abundance and diversity today, finding 29 species…
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Big Meadow (ID), Field Trip Report
July 12, 2025 By John Baumann, Trip Leader Spokane area WBA field trips concluded this summer with a truly Big Bang on July 12. At my suggestion, our threesome agreed to avoid risk of drought conditions on Mt Spokane by…
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Umtanum Ridge, Field Trip Report
June 14, 2025 By David Droppers, Trip Leader Only two people dared to venture up to Umtanum Ridge on foot. While we did not definitively find the Nevada Skipper as hoped (may have had some glances, but they were great…
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President’s Message November 2025
Greetings, butterfly supporters, I hope you are enjoying the butterfly offseason and keeping busy until the 2026 WBA field season begins! I’m organizing photos from this past season. People often ask which butterfly is my favorite, which is difficult to…
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“A Pylean Potpourri in Silver, Copper, and Blue”
Dr. Robert Michael Pyle Monthly Program presentation November 5, 2025 Bob Pyle will present a mash-up of four of his present butterfly passions: Part I: “The Mariposa Copper Revisited: History, New Discoveries, and First Genomic Results;” Part II: “Resurrection Ecology: Inspiration,…
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Magnuson Park Butterfly Meadow Habitat Restoration Work Party, Seattle, Washington
A hands-on volunteer conservation project to help make a substantial difference in our urban ecosystem About In collaboration with the Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance and Green Seattle Partnership the Washington Butterfly Association is organizing work parties to restore and maintain…
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Imperiled Washington Butterflies: Status, Needs and Strategies
Dr. David James Monthly Program presentation October 1, 2025 The WDFW has identified 21 butterfly species in Washington with greatest conservation need (SGCN). Ten of these are sub-species but 11 are true species which we may be in danger of…
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President’s Message August 2025
Hello fellow butterfly admirers, As we begin to turn our attention in the waning days of summer with thoughts of hot apple cider and hot chocolate, I hope you had some wonderful encounters with butterflies and moths during this past…
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WBA Big Butterfly Month 2025
June 21 to July 21, 2025 By Regina Johnson Our inaugural Big Butterfly Month is now concluded. Of course, any photos you post that were taken in the right date range will still go in the project, but I’m doing…
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Eastern Tailed Blue Discovered in the Willapa Hills
By Robert Michael Pyle Butterfly survey in the Willapa Hills of Southwest Washington has largely been shut down because they are almost all privately owned forest land, and the timber companies have gated nearly all their roads in recent years.…
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Spiva Butte Nature Preserve, post fire visit, Field Trip Report
June 5, 2025 By Melanie Weiss WBA members returned for a third visit to Spiva Butte Nature Preserve on June 5, 2025. Butterfly surveys had been conducted at the preserve in 2018 and 2019. Sadly, the 2020 wildfires burned almost…
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Horseshoe Lake, Pend Oreille Co., Field Trip Report
May 31, 2025 By John Baumann, Trip Organizer When our group of seven WBA members had concluded our search of the “Rustler’s Gulch Trails” near Horseshoe Lake, my first thoughts focused on gratitude for the unique fellowship that WBA creates…
