Massachusetts Butterfly Club - Back Issues of Massachusetts Butterflies

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    1998 Spring MB # 10
    1998 Fall      MB # 11
    1999 Spring MB # 12
    1999 Fall      MB # 13a
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    2000 Spring MB # 14
    2000 Fall      MB # 15
    2001 Spring MB # 16
    2001 Fall      MB # 17
    2002 Spring MB # 18
    2002 Fall      MB # 19
    2003 Spring MB # 20
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    2004 Spring MB # 22
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    2005 Spring MB # 24

The Massachusetts Butterfly Club is pleased to announce that back issues of our bi-annual journal, Massachusetts Butterflies, are now available online!

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A Letter From the Editor

Since its beginning in 1993, Massachusetts Butterflies has been an important, and indeed often the ONLY source of information about butterflies in our state. The Spring issue each year contains a review and listing of the previous season's sightings, and the Fall issue contains the results of the NABA Fourth of July Counts in the state. There are many other interesting articles. Until now, the journal has been available only to those who joined the Club as members, but henceforth we plan to post back issues on this website after a three-year time lag. Many thanks to Dale Rhoda, our techno-whiz webmaster, for getting this project underway.

Reading through these back issues has been a fascinating experience for me. They are almost a history of butterflying in the state, with many intriguing tidbits about the Club's founders and other illustrious butterfliers. I thoroughly recommend these gems!

Sharon Stichter, Editor
February, 2008

Massachusetts Butterflies Back Issues

Table of Contents Issue Number 1 - February 1993 View this issue (PDF 878 KB )
1992 Season Summary by Brian Cassie	1
1992 Massachusetts Butterfly Sightings	2
1992 Butterfly Censuses	11
Re-Discovery of Leonard's Skipper in Connecticut	11
Site Guide: Bare Hill road, Miles Standish State Forest, Plymouth	12
Report on Field Trip to the Great Dismal Swamp and Vicinity 21-24 August, 1992	12
English Names for North American Butterflies	12
Regal Fritillary Update	13
The White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album) in Massachusetts: Notes on its Identification, the 1992 "Flight," and a Review of the Species' Historical Status in the State by Brian Cassie	14
Calendar of Events, 1993	15

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Table of Contents Issue Number 2 - August 1993 View this issue (PDF 1,098 KB)
1993 Massachusetts Butterfly Club Trip Reports	2
Site Guide: Charlton, Massachusetts by R. W. Hildreth	6
1993 NABA-Xerces 4th of July Butterfly Counts--Reports and Remarks	10
Butterfly Collections and Butterfly Houses in Massachusetts	13
Review: Butterflies through Binoculars A Field Guide to Butterflies in the Boston - New York - Washington Region by Jeffrey Glassberg Reviewed by Brian Cassie	14
Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus in Gloucester by Doug Savich	15

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Table of Contents Issue Number 3 - February 1994 View this issue (PDF 1,192 KB)
Butterfly Garden at the Massachusetts Audubon Shop in Lincoln by Debora Diggins	1
1993 Season Summary and Sightings by Brian Cassie	3
1993 Cloudless Sulphur Flight by Richard Forster	16
Calendar of Events - 1994	19

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Table of Contents Issue Number 4 - August 1994 View this issue (PDF 1,229 KB)
April 15 Meeting and Fall Get-Together	2
Silvery Blue Update	3
Exceptionally Early Monarch Flight	3
Our Trip to the First NABA Meeting by Lyn Lovell	4
Results of Spring/Summer MBC Field Trips	5
1994 NABA-Xerces 4th of July Butterfly Counts- Reports and Commentary	7
Samuel Scudder - Essay One
Periodicity in the Appearance of Butterflies, excerpt from Fragile Children of the Air	10
What MBC Members are Doing - Butterflywise!	12
A Lot of Insects! by Brian Cassie	14

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Table of Contents Issue Number 5 - February 1995 View this issue (PDF 1,664 KB)
1994 Season Summary and Records	1
Just How Many Rarities are Out There? by Brian Cassie	26
Tithonia in a Newton Garden by Marilyn Murphy	27
Ocola Skipper in Massachusetts by Richard Forster	28
Two Versions of a Westport/South Dartmouth Field Trip by Brian Cassie and Seth Gross	29
My Experiences with Butterflies by Sarah Gross	30

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Table of Contents Issue Number 6 - August 1995 View this issue (PDF 1,362 KB)
Amherst Meeting of NABA-MBC	ii
Fall NABA-MBC Meeting; Welcome to New Members	1
How Many Species of Azures in Massachusetts, or Will the Real Spring Azure Please Open Your Wings? by Harry Pavulaan	2
1995 Fourth of July Butterfly Count Reports and Comments	4
Some MBC Field Trip Reports	7
Why I Always Keep a Net Handy! by Mark Fairbrother	7
1995 Sightings	8
Additions and Corrections to Season Summary in Issue No. 5	9
Butterfly Garden Milestone by Diane Potter	9
Some News from Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary	10
Monarchs - Good News and Bad	10
Identification excerpt from Bright Wings of Summer by David G. Measures, 1976	11

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Table of Contents Issue Number 7 - February 1996 View this issue (PDF 1,972 KB)
1995 Season Summary and Records by Brian Cassie	1
Butterfly Gardening in Newbury by Sharon Stichter	26
The Butterfly Bar at Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Boylston by Carl Kamp	26
Enigmatic Butterfly at Northbridge by Richard Hildreth	27
Butterfly Garden Invitation	28
Skipper Video	28
The Mystery of Butterfly Migration by Richard Forster	28
Coastal Movements of the Baltimore Checkerspot in Southern New England by Richard Forster	31
Another Ocola Skipper in Wellesley by Richard Forster	32
Excerpts from Moths of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter 1912	Back Cover

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Table of Contents Issue Number 8 - February 1997 View this issue (PDF 2,397 KB)
The Butterflies of Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary by Bob Speare	1
What Butterfly is That?	2
June Butterflies by Brian Cassie	3
1996 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts	7
A New Site Location for Hessel's Hairstreak....with Notes.... by Richard Forster	9
1996 Season Summary and Records by Brian Cassie	11
The Moth Page (Excerpt from Ida M. Eliot and Caroline Gray Soule, Caterpillars and their Moths, 1902)	37
Butterflies at Baleen!	Back Cover
Checkered White Seen in Westport	Back Cover

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Table of Contents Issue Number 9 - August 1997 View this issue (PDF 1,173 KB)
The Great Richard Forster by Brian Cassie	1
Your Most Wanted Butterflies by Brian Cassie	2
A Look at the 1997 4th of July Butterfly Counts	4
A Sad State of Affairs in Easton by Brian Cassie	5
Timing is Everything by Richard Hildreth	7
Raising Cecropia Moths by Madeline Champagne	Back Cover
Enjoying and Monitoring Butterflies at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary by Madeline Champagne	Back Cover
The Denton Brothers' Collection in Wellesley, MA	Insert

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Table of Contents Issue Number 10 - February 1998 View this issue (PDF 2,363 KB)
1997 Season Summary and Records by Brian Cassie	1
New Massachusetts Butterfly Checklist Available	25
A Great Anglewing Day by Tom Gagnon	26
Butterflying on Skis by dottie case	26
Some Highlights of my Butterfly Year by Lyn Lovell	27
The Great Meadow [East Lexington] by Matthew L. Pelikan	28
One Fine Day at World's End Reservation by Brian Cassie	30
New Publication on Caterpillars	31
Gulf Fritillary: A New England First by Brian Cassie	32
The Moth Page (Excerpt from Robert M. Pyle, The Audubon Society Handbook for Butterfly Watchers)	33
The President's Page by Madeline Champagne	Back Cover

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Table of Contents Issue Number 11 - August 1998 View this issue (PDF 2,138 KB)
1998 4th of July Butterfly Counts by Tom Dodd	2
Island Blues: 1998 Azure Flights on Martha's Vineyard by Matt Pelikan	4
Butterflies Across Massachusetts on the Metacomet-Monadnock trail by Carl Kamp	9
Personal Observations on Two Decades of Progress on the Massachusetts Butterfly Frontier - by Brian Cassie	13
Conservation by Alison Robb	15
Elfins in the Fog by Chris Phillips	16
The Titmouse and the Cocoon by Richard W. Hildreth	18
Raising American Ladies and Black and Spicebush Swallowtails by Sharon Stichter	20
President's Page by Richard W. Hildreth	22
Finding Harvester Larvae by Tom Dodd	23
Notes	24
Book Notes by Allison Robb
How to tell a Real Lady by Richard W. Hildreth	Back Cover

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Table of Contents Issue Number 12 - February 1999 View this issue (PDF 3,687 KB)
Dave Winter, Friend of Lepidoptera by Brian Cassie	2
1998 Invasion of Cloudless Sulphurs by Brian Cassie	3
A Look at the Juniper Hairstreak on Martha's Vineyard by Matthew Pelikan	5
Moths - The Other Lepidoptera by Joe Choiniere	8
1998 Season Summary & Record by Tom Dodd	12
1998 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts by Tom Dodd	32
On Watch for the Sachem Skipper by Harry Pavulaan	34
Twinefield Butterfly Cornucopia by Tor Hansen	38
Butterflies in October by Madeline Champagne	41
Butterfly Conundrum by Bob Bowker	44
President's Page by Richard Hildreth	45
Book Reviews by Brian Cassie	46
Book Notes by Richard Hildreth	47
Something to Look For by Richard Hildreth	48
Special Nature Tours by Brian Cassie	49
Errata for No. 12	51

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Table of Contents Issue Number 13a - Fall 1999 View this issue (PDF 2,209 KB)
A Brief Visit To Florida in October Has Connections To Massachusetts by Carl Kamp	2
Cayo Costa State Park, Florida October 10-14, 1999 by Carl Kamp	3
A Colony of Little Yellows in Holyoke, MA by Roger W. Pease, Jr. & Karen Parker	7
Spring Azures and Blueberry Bushes -- Some Surprising Facts by Karen A. Parker	8
Cloudless Sulphurs in Chatham, MA: 1998 and 1999 by Roger W. Pease, Jr. & Karen Parker	10
Notes from the Garden by Sharon Stichter	11
Book Review: Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius Reviewed by Allison Robb	12

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Table of Contents Issue Number 13b - November 1999 View this issue (PDF 1,279 KB)
Western MA 1999 Season Highlights by Mark Fairbrother	1
Eastern MA 1999 Season Highlights by Tom Dodd	1
Results of the 1999 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts by Tom Dodd	2
Field Notes by Richard W. Hildreth	4
Where the 4th of July Counts Are	9

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Table of Contents Issue Number 14 - Spring 2000 View this issue (PDF 2,698 KB)
Litter of Butterflies -- a poem by Sarah Gross	1
Butterfly Century Run by Brian Cassie	2
Season Records and Summary by Tom Dodd	7
Milbert's Tortoiseshell by Tom Dodd	29
Butterfly Institute by Dave Small	30
Westport - Small Dartmouth Fall Migration Watch 1999 by Brian Cassie	32
President's Message by Tom Gagnon	33
Much Ado About Gossamer Wing Nectar Oases by Tor Hansen	34

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Table of Contents Issue Number 15 - Fall 2000 View this issue (PDF 1,865 KB)
2000 4th of July Butterfly Counts by Tom Dodd	2
Right in Our Own Backyard by Robin Gross	6
NABA Members' Meeting 2000 by Carl Kamp	9
President's Message by Tom Gagnon	13

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Table of Contents Issue Number 16 - Spring 2000 View this issue (PDF 2,315 KB)
Fall 2000 Migration Watch at Westport - South Dartmouth, Massachusetts by Brian Cassie	2
Brian Cassie Appointed by Madeline Champagne	7
Season Records and Summary by Tom Dodd	8
Glory and Splendor by Madeline Champagne	28
Migration by Tor Hansen	29
President's Message by Tom Gagnon	37

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Table of Contents Issue Number 17 - Fall 2001 View this issue (PDF 1,475 KB)
2001 4th of July Butterfly Counts by Tom Dodd	2
Royalston Ramble by Carl Kamp	6
Black Swallowtails by Matt Pelikan	9
Community Gardens by Tom Gagnon	11
President's Message by Madeline Champagne	13

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Table of Contents Issue Number 18 - Spring 2002 View this issue (PDF 2,187 KB)
Message from the President by Madeline Champagne	1
A Lamentation Over the Loss of A Butterfly Field by Bob Muldoon	3
Fall 2001 Migration Watch at Westport - South Dartmouth by Brian Cassie and Richard Hildreth	7
2001 Season Summary and Records by Tom Dodd	11
The 2001 Flights of Vanessas in Massachusetts by Matthew Pelikan, Brian Cassie and Richard Hildreth	31
Checkerspot Farm - A Success Story by Madeline Champagne	38

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Table of Contents Issue Number 19 - Fall 2002 View this issue (PDF 1,682 KB)
The Hairstreaks of Massachusetts by Brian Cassie	2
2002 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts by Tom Dodd	11
NABA 2002 Fifth Biennial Membership Meeting by Carl Kamp	16

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Table of Contents Issue Number 20 - Spring 2003 View this issue (PDF 2,023 KB)
From the New Editor by Sharon Stichter	1
President's Message by Madeline Champagne	2
2002 Fall Migration of Northward-Bound Butterflies in the Northeast by Brian Cassie	3
Site Guide Project by Sharon Stichter	5
2002 Season Summary and Records by Tom Dodd	6
Butterfly Flight Periods in Newbury, MA, 1998-2002 by Sharon Stichter	28

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Table of Contents Issue Number 21 - Fall 2003 View this issue (PDF 1,943 KB)
Raising Baltimores in West Bridgewater by Don Adams	2
2003 Fourth of July Count Results by Tom Dodd	11
Book Review: Butterflies of North America by Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman Reviewed by Bob Bowker	16
Book Review: Discovering Moths by John Himmelman Reviewed by Carl Kamp	19
Trip Report - Whites in Massachusetts by Sharon Stichter	21
MBC President Receives Award	23

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Table of Contents Issue Number 22 - Spring 2004 View this issue (PDF 1,330 KB)
Identifying the Hickory Hairstreak by Michael Nelson	2
Northern New Hampshire Butterfly Notes by Erik Nielsen	6
2003 Butterfly Year in Review By Brian Cassie	11
2003 Season Records By Tom Dodd	19
Book Review: The Butterflies of the White Mountains of New Hampshire by Warren J. Kiel Review by Sharon Stichter	42
Book Review: Butterflies across Cape Cod by Mark J. Mello and Tor Hansen Review by Alison Robb	45
Site Guide: Manuel Correllus State Forest, Martha's Vineyard by Matt Pelikan	48

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Table of Contents Issue Number 23 - Fall 2004 View this issue (PDF 511 KB)
Site Guide: Dauphinais Park, Grafton, MA by Dolores Price	2
Site Guide: Williams Land, Harvard, MA by Tom Murray	10
Short Reports Karner Blues in Concord, New Hampshire Pipevine Swallowtails in New England By Sharon Stichter	15
2004 Fourth of July Count Results By Erik Nielsen	20
Reviews: Common Butterflies and Skippers of Eastern North America by Richard Walton and Greg Dodge (DVD) Review by Carl Kamp	28
Milkweed, Monarchs, and More by Ba Rea, Karen S. Oberhauser and Michael A Quinn Review by Richard Hildreth

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Table of Contents Issue Number 24 - Spring 2005 View this issue (PDF 963 KB)
Sixth Biennial NABA Meeting by Carl Kamp	2
The Monterrey, Mexico Extension by Carl Kamp	13
Monarchs by the Numbers By Tom Whelan	19
Monarchs at the Hawk Watches By Sharon Stichter	24
2004 Season Summary and Records by Erik Nielsen	27
Book Reviews: For the Love of Insects by Tom Eisner Review by Renee LaFontaine A World of Butterflies by Brian Cassie Review by Carl Kamp	49

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