A day in the life of a zookeeper The Assistant Curator of natives and primates at Monarto Zoo, Louise Stockbridge, provided a fascinating insight into behind the scenes of one Australia’s most prestigious zoos.  Louise gave an extremely riveting presentation via Zoom. Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/uZErI63L3DtJWNbV526Gd_8kXY7EX6a813cc_fELyk2sQcIL2Ou_nJcBoDnIVhcu You will need the access password to gain access […]

Herding Caterpillars – the close relationship between ants and Lycaenid butterflies For National Science Week, Butterfly Conservation SA (BCSA ) and the Friends of the Chequered Copper (Lucia limbaria) Butterfly facilitated a webinar on the LYCAENIDAE Family of butterflies.  This event was supported by a National Science Week SA Community Grant. Entomological experts and enthusiasts Emeritus […]

6.30pm BCSA AGM 7.00pm Public Talk - Biological Surveys in Australia and their value to science Dr. Catherine Kemper, Curator of Mammals at the South Australian Museum has undertaken vertebrate surveys in outback Australia for the best part of thirty years.  She will talk about, and show images of, some amazing outback locations and important […]

You're invited to join volunteers, and experts on Spiders, Ants and Grasslands, on a grasslands field trip. Discover an endangered ecological community of remnant Grey Box grassy woodland, looked after by the City of Adelaide’s Biodiversity team. Butterfly Conservation SA (BCSA) volunteers help look after this area and regularly monitor the area for critters - […]

Maralinga and Emu, a dark chapter in Australia’s history BCSA committee member Jan Forrest OAM will trace the history of the British atomic bomb tests at Emu Field and Maralinga in the 1950s; the clean-up, and flora and fauna now to be found in this remarkable area of the South Australian landscape. Hear her talk […]

Photographer Peter Raine If you are interested in seeing and assisting with the 2020-2021 monitoring of the Chequered Copper (Lucia limbaria) Butterfly in Pakapakanthi/Victoria Park (southern end in the Grasslands fenced area), we will be there on Wednesday 14th October 1000-1130. Please bring a hat, water and sunscreen, and we will hopefully deliver the butterflies. […]

20 years of monitoring butterflies It is expected that this talk will be held face to face in the Plympton Community Centre, but there is an option for members to view the venue presentation via ZOOM.    If you plan to attend in person, please read the details at the bottom of this page. To be […]

MEDIA RELEASE - New Alliance launched to force action to save St Kilda Mangroves - 23Jan21 Butterfly Conservation SA has joined the St Kilda Mangroves Alliance of concerned environmental and community groups to raise public understanding of the ecological catastrophe that is happening at St Kilda. Many species of plants and animals have been impacted […]

Australian sea lions. An iconic and endangered South Australian mammal This event will occur at the Plympton Community Centre, with virtual attendance also (using Zoom communications software) Simon Goldsworthy As Principal Scientist at the South Australian Research and Development Institute's Aquatic Sciences Centre, in Adelaide, Professor Simon Goldsworthy heads the Ecosystem Effects of Fishing and […]

Visit by Rotary Adelaide Clubs and BCSA members to the Chequered Copper Butterfly site at Pakapakanthi/Victoria Park. This will be an opportunity to see the habitat of a large population of the Chequered Copper (Lucia limbaria) butterfly in a grassy woodland, in the middle of one of the City of Adelaide’s largest parklands. There are […]