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Chalcedon Checkerspot - near Liberty, Kittitas County

WBA meets the first Wednesday of each month. The meetings are held at the Center for Urban Horticulture at 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle.

Meetings begin at 7:00 pm and end at 9:00. The first fifteen minutes are used for social reception and viewing of displays.

May 7

"Creating and Maintaining a Successful Butterfly Garden" by David Droppers
Want to create a habitat for many of the declining urban and suburban butterflies? Want to help offset the destruction of our remaining habitat? Learn some of the tricks to gardening for butterflies in a region that is not quite like any other in the U.S. Have your garden shimmering with Azures in the spring, graced by Swallowtails in the summer, and dancing with Skippers in the fall. Presentation will focus on west of the Cascades but will address the east as well.

June 4

"Exciting New Ventures in the World of Butterflies" by Jonathan Pelham
Our own Science Advisor and now Vice President of the national Lepidopterist Society, Jon Pelham, has been working on a variety of exciting national projects. He is the author of the recent publication The Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada and will describe how the catalog is created and functions. He will also present the exciting new national butterfly website which should be up and running by this meeting. This will become one of the most complete butterfly websites in the world. Butterflies of America - Mariposas Americanas: www.butterfliesofamerica.com

Directions to Center for Urban Horticulture:

•	From I-5, take the NE 45th Street exit, and head east on 45th Street. Pass through the University District, and down the hill past University Village Shopping Center. Turn right at Mary Gates Memorial Drive, which becomes NE 41st Street. The Center for Urban Horticulture is on the right.
•	From SR 520/Lake Washington Floating Bridge: Exit at Lake Washington Blvd, and go right, following Montlake Blvd past Husky Stadium. Go right at NE 45th Street, past University Village Shopping Center. Turn right at Mary Gates Memorial Drive, which becomes NE 41st Street. The Center for Urban Horticulture is on the right.