Massachusetts Butterfly Club

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.

Fourth of July Butterfly Counts!
Over the next few weeks our club will join butterfly enthusiasts from all across North America in documenting the butterflies that are in the field at this time of year. These trips are a great way to get to know club members and to help document the mid-summer biodiversity of Massachusetts. Be sure to participate in at least one of the trips! (details here)

Look at our 2010 schedule of field trips and 4th of July Butterfly Counts.

Announcing The Caterpillars of Massachusetts 2009 by Sam Jaffe

After a fantastic 2009 season spent seeking out and photographing many of our more spectacular caterpillars, Sam has combined his notes on Massachusetts' caterpillar life histories into a single document. Now, with the help of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club, these notes are available online, as a pdf, with accompanying thumbnail links to Sam's relevant photographs.

These notes should not be mistaken for an exhaustive resource, but the information provided regarding caterpillar location, hostplant, season, and behavior might be especially relevant to all Massachusetts butterfly and moth enthusiasts.

Announcing: "Live Caterpillar Day" at Sam Jaffe's Broadmoor photography show "The Caterpillars of Eastern Massachusetts"


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Sam and Linda will be at the Broadmoor Visitors Center from 1:30 - 4:30 on Sunday July 18th with as many cool caterpillar species as they can muster - and by mid July, this should include some pretty large and dramatic creatures.

For those who missed the June opening, this is a second chance to tour the gallery and talk with Sam about the project; for those who have already visited the gallery - come meet some of the stars!

Visit the show's website at Sam's website.

The long-awaited update to the Checklist of Massachusetts Butterflies is here! See the description on the club publications page to view a sample page and learn how to order yours today!

Many thanks to Erik Nielsen for compiling our records and for creating the checklist!

Back issues of our bi-annual journal, Massachusetts Butterflies, are now available for you to download from our new back issues webpage! (Note that in the future, after this announcement disappears, the new page will always be accessible from the Club Publications page.)

The Spring 2010 issue of our club's journal, Massachusetts Butterflies, is now available, and each member will soon receive his or her copy. Copies are available to non-members for $6. View the cover and table of contents on our Club Publications page!

We are delighted to announce the publication of The Massachusetts Butterfly Club GUIDE TO GOOD BUTTERFLY SITES From the Berkshires to the Cape and Islands, this GUIDE will lead you through twenty-six of the best butterfly-finding sites in the state. Written by well-known Massachusetts Butterfly Club field experts, this 142-page coil-bound book describes each site in detail, with original trail maps, sighting lists, directions, and hot tips! Order yours today!

Sign up to get e-mail from Massachusetts butterfly enthusiasts!

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

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