Corporate Body
Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club Inc. (1994 - 2024)
- From
- 1994
Runcorn, Queensland, Australia - To
- 2024
- Functions
- Citizen science, Entomology and Naturalists' society
- Alternative Names
- BOIC (Acronym)
Summary
The Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club Inc. was founded in 1994 to cater for people interested in invertebrates. It held regular meetings and field trips. Aims included: to establish a network of people growing butterfly host plants; to promote conservation of invertebrate habitats and research into invertebrates; and to encourage the construction of invertebrate friendly habitats in urban areas. In working towards these aims the Club collaborated with other community groups and councils on habitat restoration and increasing biodiversity. At its height the Club had several hundred members from across Australia. A quarterly newsletter was issued between 1996 and 2023. The Club ceased in March 2024 because of the difficulty of filling key offices.
Details
Publications of the Club included:
Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club Inc. newsletter 1-48 (1996-2003), continued by;
Metamorphosis Australia: magazine of the Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club Inc. (ISSN 1326-0006) no. 49-106 (2004-2023).
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Schwencke, Helen, 'Happy 20th birthday to the Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club - how it all got started and musings', Metamorphosis Australia: magazine of the Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club Inc., 74 (2014), 10-5, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DfuHColpHgPeGrHrEaky-_U_vOJ0v_My/view. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 29 July 2025