by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Mar 22, 2018 | Taylor's Checkerspot |
After months of hibernating inside our conservation breeding facility at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, 135 fuzzy little caterpillars were released into the wild on March 16th. The Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly is endangered in Canada with only one lonely...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Sep 9, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, LoyaltyOne, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle |
Our first western painted turtles hatched in the specially designed incubators here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on July 24th and we now have a whopping 80 little hatchlings kickin’ it in the barn as part of the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program to save...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Jul 5, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle |
My name is Liam and I’m currently employed at the The Greater Vancouver Zoo to work with western painted turtles, Oregon spotted frogs, and the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. I have been working under the supervision of Andrea Gielens, Lead Biologist for...
by Andrea Gielens | Jun 19, 2017 | Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot |
A cool and wet spring on the west coast has sent all the animals into disarray. Frogs and turtles were a month late and breeding was slow to get started. We are seeing the same behaviour with wild Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies. In the wild, caterpillars...
by Andrea Gielens | Mar 8, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot |
With snow falling today, in what seems like an endless snowstorm on the west coast, we transferred our hibernating Taylors Checkerspot Caterpillars into a slightly warmer room to help convince them that spring is on the way. These unusual weather conditions are...
by Andrea Gielens | Feb 14, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle |
It has been a long and uncharacteristically cold and snowy winter for us here in British Columbia. Normally any snow at all is rare, and this year we saw two storms each giving us multiple feet of snow. This led to a much busier season for us in the captive head...
