By Olivia Galloway
eButterfly documents the presence or absence of species as well as abundance through checklist data. A web interface engages participants in submitting their observations through interactive questions and answers. eButterfly encourages users to participate repeatedly by providing tools to maintain their personal observations and photo records as well as providing tools to enable them to visualize data with interactive maps, graphs, and bar charts. All these features are currently available in English, French and Spanish; with other languages coming soon.
An eButterfly user logs into their account and enters when, where, and how they observed butterflies. Then they are prompted to create a checklist and counts of all butterflies seen or photographed during the outing. eButterfly provides several options for data gathering including transects, area searches, timed searches or even incidental observations. Just like in a museum with specimens, other users and experts help to verify the identity of each observation. Users can even discuss observations and checklists with each other.
Learn more here: eButterfly
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