Dr Suzi Bond ‘An amazing array of butterflies’

Suzi, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, will explain why the ACT’s park reserves and the gardens are so important for our common species of butterfly, as well as some of our lesser-known gems. She will then outline the threats facing butterflies and recommended conservation measures, including why citizen scientists have such a critical role to play.

Abstract
In this talk Suzi will start with some general butterfly basics before highlighting Canberra’s common species (as well as some of our lesser-known gems), which ecosystems are important for our specialist butterflies and will share the stories of some of our local species. We have more than 90 species of butterfly recorded in the ACT, with more than 40 of these recorded from the gardens, and Suzi will explain why the ACT’s park reserves and the gardens are so important for our butterfly populations. She will then outline the threats facing butterflies and recommended conservation measures, including why citizen scientists have such a critical role to play.

Biography 
Dr Suzi Bond is an ecologist working at the Australian Bureau of Statistics, where she is a specialist in biodiversity accounting. She is an honorary member of the Australian National Insect Collection (CSIRO), an honorary senior lecturer at the ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and Society and a butterfly moderator for Canberra Nature Map and Butterflies Australia. Suzi leads an ongoing butterfly monitoring project in collaboration with citizen scientists, published the first field guide to the butterflies of the ACT and is a co-author on the first book on the moths of the ACT.     

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