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Massachusetts Butterfly Club

A Chapter of the
North American Butterfly Association



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                        * * * * 34 Years!!!! * * * *
The Massachusetts Butterfly Club is celebrating our 34th year! To see a brief history of the club and how it began, click here.

                    * * * dottie case * * *
dottie case, a dear friend of the butterfly club, passed away recently. dottie led many walks and counts for the Mass. Butterfly Club for many years. She always provided good cheer and a tasty homemade butterfly-shaped cake/cookies/other treat for events. She was very nice, talented and unique.
A celebration of her life will be held at the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in South Deerfield on May 10, 2024 at 11:00 a.m..
Click here to see her obituary.
                 * * * 2024 Field Trips and July 4th Counts * * *
The lists for the 2024 Field Trips and July 4th Counts are now available. Click on 2024 Schedule here or on the left menu.
                       * * * Hessel's Hairstreak Project * * *
The statewide Hessel's Hairstreak search is gearing up! Do you want to hike through cool swamps, shake trees and get outside? Are you willing to submit hike logs to help Natural Heritage with their database? Email Danielle Desmarais to get on the master email list! Flight season is April-May.

                       * * * 2024 Spring Meeting * * *
The 2024 Spring meeting of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club was held at Mass Audubon's Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester on Saturday, April 13th.
Here is a link to a brief description of the meeting with some pictures. 2024 Spring Meeting
See watch a Youtube video of the feature presentation, click on https://youtu.be/SVmfMGHEdpA.

The 2024 Fall meeting of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club will be held October 12th. We will have MBC Officer elections prior to the meeting. We need people to serve on the nominating committee. If you would like to help out, please contact Tom Tyning.

                       * * * Hats and T-shirts * * *
We have new official Massachusetts Butterfly Club T-shirts and Hats available for purchase.
Please click on the Club Merchandise link on the left menu.

              * * * Rare butterfly seen after restoration * * *
MassWildlife staff recently discovered a frosted elfin caterpillar at Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area after 2 decades of habitat restoration at the site. This exciting find is evidence that these efforts are paying off. See this link https://www.mass.gov/news/rare-caterpillar-found-after-decades-of-habitat-restoration for more information.

On December 3 we hosted Robert Gallardo speaking on Butterflies of Honduras. Robert is building a nature reserve and working on a complete guide to Honduran butterflies, and has made several discoveries of new species in the process. A link to the recording of this talk is here: https://youtu.be/jZHgYwnwuCc.

If you wish to receive news about the soon to be published Guide to the Butterflies of Honduras, sign up at this link: https://faunaventures.com.

                        **** Please Donate ****

The Massachusetts Butterfly Club sponsors state-wide butterfly activities to promote education, conservation, interpretation, and fun! We invite people of all ages and levels of expertise to attend our meetings, programs, field trips, and butterfly counts and to become members of our club.

If you care about our butterflies and the club's efforts to support them, please consider making a donation to our club.
Click on this link to see how you can donate.

                  *****  Butterflying Code of Ethics  *****
The Massachusetts Butterfly Club has adopted a Butterflying Code of Ethics. You can find the document under Club Information on the left menu.

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If you wish to receive periodic e-mail messages about butterflies in Massachusetts and to report your own butterfly sightings, consider joining the MassLep list server. Butterfly watchers from around the state send messages listing the butterflies they see, describing butterfly behavior, posing questions, and answering them. Joining the list server is a great way to find out what's flying and to get to know others who share your interests!

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    *****  Report your sightings to our Records Compiler   *****

If you do not report your sightings on MassLep or Facebook and would like to report your sightings to our records compiler directly, you can download the spreadsheet below and email to Mark Fairbrother at mark@massbutterflies.org.

            Sightings Report spreadsheet

Note: Please DO NOT use this form if you report your sightings on MassLep or Facebook.

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