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* * * 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 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 * * *
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.
**** 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.
***** Butterflying Code of Ethics *****
Sign up to get e-mail from Massachusetts butterfly enthusiasts!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!
If you have questions about MassLep or its operations, send an email to moderator Mark Faherty, msfaherty@yahoo.com. MassLep is independently operated in coordination with the Massachusetts Butterfly Club. ***** 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. Note: Please DO NOT use this form if you report your sightings on MassLep or Facebook. This website is a work in progress.
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