Butterflies

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Butterflies and Moths of North America: www.butterfliesandmoths.org  is a comprehensive online resource that will include information on taxonomy and identification, distribution and habitat, life history and bibliography for all butterfly taxa in America, including species, subspecies and undescribed geographic variants.

Northwest Butterflies

Caitlin Labar’s Blog & Store

Butterflies of Oregon

Butterflies of Oregon www.butterfliesoforegon.com/ is a resource for Oregon butterfly enthusiasts, including  photos and species information covering all of Oregon’s regularly occurring, formally described butterfly species. Photos from Neil Bjorklund of Eugene.

Moths

Pacific Northwest Moths

Pacific Northwest Moths is a website featuring high-resolution photographs of more than 1,200 species, along with detailed descriptions and distribution maps and an easy-to-use identification key.

Moth Photographers Guide

North America Moth Photographers Group is a great place to see lots of archived photographs of moths from all over.
https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/

Recommended by Carl Barrentine for id help. Start with ‘Plate Series’ then click on ‘Walking Through the Moth Families’. Here is a video by Carl showing how he goes about identifying a moth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yFQ1asbv2k

Bees

Washington Bumble Bees

This website was created to help others to easily identify the bumble bees they encounter. The primary focus is on bumble bee species and their color morphs in Washington State. Here in Washington state we have at least twenty five (25) species.
https://washingtonbumblebees.org/

Bugs & Other Wildlife

Bug Guide

An online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
https://bugguide.net/

Kelly Brenner’s The Metropolitan Field Guide

Urban Species. Her ideas, thoughts and resources for the design of urban wildlife habitat.

Indoor Butterfly Exhibits:

1. Seattle – Woodland Park Zoo – Molbak’s Butterfly Garden  www.zoo.org/butterflygarden
2. Seattle – Pacific Science Center: www.pacificsciencecenter.org
3. Portland, OR – Oregon Zoo Species Recovery: Taylor’s Checkerspot www.oregonzoo.org
4. Victoria, BC – Victoria Butterfly Gardens: www.butterflygardens.com
5. Pacific Grove, CA – Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History – Western Monarch Butterflies www.pgmuseum.org/monarch-viewing/