Pollinators

     Butterflies

(a)  Local Native Larval Food Plants and Nectar Sources for the known Butterflies found on the Sunshine Coast. A good source of information for gardeners contemplating planting a butterfly-friendly garden.

Nectar & LFPs – SC Lepidoptera 06-2022

 

(b)  Observation windows for the 41 species of Butterflies identified to date on the Sunshine Coast

Flight Times – SC Lepidoptera 2022

 

(c)   Tony Greenfield and Rand Rudland produced this concise 4-fold field guide to the known Sunshine Coast butterflies, to be reprinted as below to include the three new species identified since initial publication.  This field guide is available from the Earth Fare Store in Madeira Park and at Talewind Books in Sechelt as a fundraiser for the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society and the Sargeant Bay Society.  Overleaf in the original continues the species accounts.

SC Butterfly Pamphlet – 2022 update v3

 

     Dragonflies

(a)  Rand Rudland produced this concise 4-fold field guide to the known Sunshine Coast dragonflies and damselflies, to be updated to include the four new species identified since initial publication.  Available from the Earth Fare Store in Madeira Park and Talewind Books in Sechelt as a fundraiser for the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society and the Sargeant Bay Society.  Overleaf in the original continues with the damselflies and the species accounts.

(b)  Observation windows for the 45 species of Odonates identified to date on the Sunshine Coast