Schedule for Fall 2011 through Spring
2012
Saturday and Sunday, October 22 -
23:
Coming
up! The 6th Annual ButterflyFest
at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The North
Central Florida Chapter of NABA will have an information booth. Come see our new banner!
Thanks to Barbara Woodmansee!!! Our NABA chapter is always up to something fun! (See
attached for more information on the festival.)
Tuesday, November 8:
Meeting and potluck dinner. Featured speaker: Ms. Sandy Koi,
an expert on the Atala Hairstreak and McGuire Center graduate student, 7 p.m., potluck, 6:15 p.m. Second floor conference room, McGuire
Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History. Bring a dish
to share, and a friend, no charge. Come at 7 p.m. if you wish not to attend the
potluck.
The
Atala Hairstreak was thought to be extinct in the 1950s. Come learn how it made a comeback
and what its status is now, and how you can help.
Atala Hairstreaks, photo, Kathy
C. Malone
Saturday February 18:
Annual Butterfly Tea at Tom Wood's Property.
Tom writes, "I plan to
go to Wuyi Shan at the beginning
of November. It is the very center of all oolong tea production. I hope to bring back a
rare tea that can only be bought near Wuyi mountain." Tom shares rare teas with
us, along with the first spring nectar source for butterflies, blooming plums. Usually the
weather is sunny, crisp, clear and fantastic! Plan on it! Details closer to the
event. (I bring a chair and hang out and relax!)
Tom serves up intriguing
discussion and freshly, expertly, brewed tea at his annual butterfly tea near Archer, FL.
Opening plum blossoms attract a
fresh, early spring, Cloudless Sulphur at Tom's butterfly tea. Photo, Kathy C. Malone
Saturday, March 10
Field trip, led by Department of
Environmental Protection biologist, Rick Owen. Rick is famous for his discovery of the
rare King's Hairstreak about 100 miles south of its range in San Felasco State Park. Rick
is an energetic, fun person. You won't want to miss the thistle, swallowtails, and Henry's
Elfins along Cow Creek Road, Goethe State Forest. Meet 9:30 a.m. at the south
entrance to Cow Creek Road off 121, south of Williston.
Henry's
Elfin along Cow Creek Road, photo, Kathy C. Malone
Saturday,
April 7
Field trip:
On Saturday, April 7th, please join Barbara
Woodmansee for a day of spring sunshine (we hope!) on the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife
Refuge's Nature Drive. This 8 mile drive, located approximately 10 miles north of Cedar
Key on CR 347 is a rich and diverse habitat for many species of butterflies. Barbara has
been surveying this part of the LSNWR monthly for the past 3 years, and has compiled a
list of 64 species of butterflies recorded on the Nature Drive. Our group will meet at the
south entrance for a 4-6 hour drive and walk of the areas where the most diverse butterfly
species have been seen. Last year we saw 44 species of butterflies in one day in early
April, including 21 Sweadner's Juniper Hairstreaks, Dion, Obscure and Aaron's skippers,
Appalachian Brown and Gemmed satyrs. Though biting bugs are not usually too bad in April,
sandfleas can be a problem, and long pants tucked into socks are recommended to prevent
tick bites. For more information, please contact Barbara at mistyoaks@earthlink.net. Click on Barbara's picture on the left-side banner for a
slide-show on the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge's Nature Drive.
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