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Upcoming Field Trip to Dix WMA

Posted on August 25, 2017 by connorj

Steve Glynn has kindly offered to lead a field trip for our group to Dix Wildlife Management Area this Sunday, August 27, to search for sleepy oranges and other butterflies he and others have been finding at this site recently. … Continue reading →

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New Jersey’s First Great Purple Hairstreak Since….?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by connorj

Beth Polvino shook up NJ’s butterfly community on June 15 when she found and photo’d a great purple hairstreak, one of the most beautiful and sought-after butterflies in all North America, nectaring on Coreopsis in her garden in North Cape … Continue reading →

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Triangle Park Needs Help May 20 9:30 am

Posted on May 16, 2017 by connorj

South Jersey Butterflyers: We take advantage of this spot many times during the year. Now organizers are asking for some help cleaning it up. Pat Sutton emailed her Gardening Gang as follows: Pat Sutton’s GARDENING GANG May 16, 2017 Hi … Continue reading →

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“Questionable” Commas in Ontario

Posted on May 16, 2017 by connorj

Rick Cavasin, Ontario butterflyer extraordinaire, has sent us a very interesting response to the March post, “Questionable Commas.” He has found and documented several different variations on the “punctuation marks” on Polygonia. I [am sending along] a photo of a … Continue reading →

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TNC Preserve At Cape Island Creek Invites Butterflyers

Posted on May 2, 2017 by connorj

Attention South Jersey butterflyers: The Nature Conservancy needs your help in documenting the butterflies that use the habitat at our Garrett Family Preserve at Cape Island Creek. Why, you ask? As the Critical Lands Manager for The Nature Conservancy in … Continue reading →

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Questionable Commas

Posted on March 10, 2017 by connorj

We have had two reports recently about confusing Polygonia — individuals showing eastern comma patterns on their dorsal side and what looks like a question mark on the ventral. Chip Krilowicz photo’d one and Jack Miller photo’d the other. Jack … Continue reading →

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Early and Late Dates, Each Year, 2008-2016

Posted on January 22, 2017 by connorj

The spreadsheet at the first link below lists each year’s early and late dates for all 106 butterfly species we have found so far in South Jersey, 2008-2016. The extreme dates are in color: Green = earliest date we have … Continue reading →

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Not A Census; A Survey By Snapshots

Posted on January 9, 2017 by connorj

Thanks again to Jack Miller for his many hours of work compiling all our reports for both 2015 and 2016, his species-by-species analysis, and for his notes about his difficulties assembling his 2016 Compilation. He points to a genuine problem, … Continue reading →

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Full-Year Compilation for 2016

Posted on January 5, 2017 by connorj

Jack Miller has done it again. Following up on his compilation for 2015, here is his full-year compilation of species, reports, and individuals as posted on our Sightings Log, January-December, 2016.  He worked on this through the fall (while he … Continue reading →

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Autumn Compilation 2016

Posted on December 5, 2016 by connorj

We had a very active fall season -– with observers out in force and reporting frequently. In fact, we logged more than twice as many reports for each month than we had for the same months last year (which was … Continue reading →

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