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The Museum is partnering with Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) to share data and learn more about L.A. butterflies. Help us find and photograph the butterflies of Los Angeles.
Unlike some of the other Citizen Science projects here at the Museum, the L.A. Butterfly Survey (LABS) isn't looking for lost butterflies. We already know the species we are likely to find in L.A., all 236 of them. What we need to find out is which butterflies we're likely to find when we plant the new Pollinator Garden in the Museum's upcoming outdoor exhibit, the North Campus. When you submit images of L.A. butterflies, we'll map the species closest to the Museum and determine which one's might show up when we start planting butterfly attracting plants.
Butterflies and Moths of North America