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Hi there! New user here! I am teaching a phenology lesson for my 6-7 graders and stumbled upon this lesson plan: caterpillarscount.unc.edu/pdfs/Phenology%20Across%20Trophic%20Levels%20lesson%20plan.pdf

In it, it references portions of this website that don’t appear to be functional anymore.

Here are the directions from the lesson plan:

We will examine butterfly phenology patterns in our state using the Flight Time Charts on the website e-Butterfly. org. Please go to: http://www.e-butterfly.org/ebutterflyapp/#/observations/flighttimes
(This will require creating a free e-Butterfly account.)

If you are already aware of some of the common butterfly species in your area, then great! Choose one of those from the drop-down “What species are you interested in” box. If not, see what butterflies are common in your state using the Observation List too on the e-Butterfly Explore Data page! (http://www.e-butterfly.org/ebutterflyapp/#/observations/lists)

  1. Once you have found a few species, go back to the webpage and select those butterflies from the drop-down “What species are you interested in” box.
  2. Select your Province/State.
  3. You can ignore the “Region or Country,” “Status” and “Year” boxes.
  4. Click “Generate.”

Complete the table below for 3 species that occur in your state based on the “Flight times” graphs. Identify the week with the highest butterfly occurrence, and convert the week # to a rough date (e.g. week 26 is the last week in June, so ~ 27 June; week 39 would be ~27 September, etc.).

My problem is that those links do not appear to be working anymore and when I do a search for “flighttimes”, nothing turns up. Can someone point me in a right direction? I greatly appreciate it!

Thank you!

Jennifer Young

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Hey @youngminds, I apologize that you came across an old link. We’ve made numerous updates to our platform since 2015, so it’s not surprising that many links are no longer valid.

Nevertheless, all the features from that time are still available, and we’ve added even more for similar purposes.

For the flight charts, I recommend visiting our Explore Page. Beneath the grey and green stats bar, click on “Species profiles.” This will open a new window with all the species in our database. Simply search for the species you’re interested in, and it will display an information page with details, including its flight chart. For example, here’s the Monarch: Species Profile - Monarch (e-butterfly.org)

Additionally, you can use our experimental flight periods app, which we shared in this forum post: What is flying around? - Science - eButterfly Forum (e-butterfly.org) You can find it here: [link to the app]. If you need any tips on how to use it, please let me know, and I’ll be happy to guide you through it.