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DECEMBER 2016 EDUHK: A HOME FOR BUTTERFLIES Inside student Tsz Kit's butterfly book and ecology exploration by Kaitlyn BovĂ© Year three student Tsz Kit is currently putting the finishing touches on his first book from the EdUHK Ecology Series. This week he will be finishing Butterflies, where he will reveal his research on the butterflies on and around our beautiful Tai Po campus. For the past three months, Tsz Kit has focused exclusively on the butterfly population on campus. It is the first in his ongoing Ecology series, with upcoming editions regarding amphibians, birds, and skills on ecological surveying. Kaitlyn: What inspired you to write about the butterflies on campus? Tsz Kit: When I decided to write about the butterfly species on campus I was working at the Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserves in Tai Po. K: What can you tell us about the butterfly species? TK: There are a total of 101 species on campus, making it 40% of all butterfly species in Hong Kong. Two of which are the largest in the world. And in total there are 20,000 different species in the world. To contact Tsz Kit, please email him at: [email protected] They will be distributed on campus for different tours, field trips and activities related to ecology, specifically the upcoming event with organic POSTMODERN farming and surveying ideasPAINTING. Stella alternately paints in K: Why are the butterflies drawn regarding different birds, plants, oil and watercolor amphibians, and butterflies. If to the campus? TK: There are two reasons, and you're interested in joining, you can email me. There will also be both reasons involve copies at the library and in the understanding the lifecycle of ASLLC. the butterflies: 1. In the larva stage (stage 2) they need a specific host plant to give them K: And lastly, what do you think life, and 2. Specific plants give the the book making process has butterflies resources in order to taught you? TK: Publishing the book has survive. The Tai Po campus helped me learn about design -offers these types of plants to I now know more about design, provide them with life. which I believe I would not have K: Where can we find the book? learned otherwise. I'd also like TK: First of all, all copies are free. to take this time to thank all of those who have helped me along the way. OCTOBER 2016 | 08