Welcome to BIS, "Butterflies I've Seen", the web site that allows you to keep track of all of your butterfly sightings. Once you enter your sightings, you can retrieve them by location, by date, or by species. You can print out a list of all the butterfly species you've ever seen - a Life List, or you can print out a list of all the butterfly species you've ever seen at a particular location. At the same time, the sightings you enter provide important information that NABA, the major butterfly conservation organization in North America, will use to help answer scientists questions about butterfly distributions, abundance and conservation. Enjoy the site and the fact that your efforts are increasing our knowledge and helping butterfly conservation.


New Users may want to look at the step by step walkthrough available as HTML here or as a MS Word document here.

A more advanced set of instructions about the site can be found as HTML here and as a MS Word document here.

Send in a question or share your favorite experiences with butterflies in the discussion area.


Registered Users Can:
· Enter and View Personal Butterfly Sightings
· Email Field Trips and Sightings Information
· Maintain Life Lists
· Submit Information or Links About Butterflies That May be of Interest to Others
· Read and Submit News Articles
· Participate in Butterfly Group Discussions

Non-registered Users Can:
· Read the Butterfly News Articles and Group Discussions


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