by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager (Pipevine Swallowtail by Carole Mebus) We saw some wonderful butterflies on Tuesday’s Butterfly Walk.  This Pipevine Swallowtail is an uncommon…

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager (Painted Lady by Carole Mebus) We held our annual butterfly cenus on Saturday.  In all, we counted 22 species and…

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Our Butterfly Walk was rained out on Tuesday, but a couple people were able to reschedule on Wednesday morning.  I…

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager (Red Admiral by Carole Mebus) There has been a lot of butterfly activity.  On a recent walk (without binoculars or…

Even though I mowed one meadow this week, the other three are thriving.  One of the meadows is full of Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa).  The butterflies…

The last Butterfly Walk for the season was held on Tuesday.  We are finally seeing good numbers of Spicebush Swallowtails (Papilio troilus).  Their main food plant…

Today we held the 21st Annual Butterfly Census.  We had good weather and six butterfly enthusiasts.  We ended the morning with 20 species and 147…

The Tuesday Butterfly Walk was warm, but cloudy.  The Butterflies seemed reluctant to show themselves, so we didn’t see much variety.  We did, however, see…

Photo by Carole Mebus On Tuesday’s Butterfly Walk we saw 13 butterfly species.  The one that has garnered the most attention was a Hairstreak that…

The Tuesday Butterfly Walks began this morning, and we saw about ten species of butterflies.  That is a great number for this early in the…