Category Archives: Conservation Action

Updates of Guides to Pollinator Plants & Butterfly Host Plants for South Jersey

Posted on January 16, 2020 by connorj

Butterfly gardening time is not all that far away, as all experienced gardeners know. As of January 16, Jesse Connor has updated her guide to the best pollinator plants in South Jersey and her guide to the best host plants. … Continue reading →

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Steve Glynn: South Jersey’s Sleepy Orange Colony

Posted on September 23, 2018 by connorj

Steve Glynn has been carefully monitoring a colony of sleepy oranges at Dix WMA, Cumberland County, since August, 2016, when he found and re-found two females and one male flying there over several days — and began wondering why they … 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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Leaving Sites Undesignated

Posted on April 26, 2016 by connorj

Yesterday (April 25) we had our first two reports for Hessel’s hairstreak for 2016 and all three observers noted that they would prefer to have the sites where they found this rarity left as “undesignated.” The arguments pro and con … Continue reading →

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Bee Aware Presentation, April 4

Posted on April 2, 2016 by connorj

A quick post for those who might be interested: Jennifer Bulava, Burlington County Senior Naturalist, and one of our newest participants, is giving a talk this coming Monday, April 4, that will be of interest to many of us. Jennifer’s … Continue reading →

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Brutal Winter Storm at Monarch Sanctuary in Mexico

Posted on March 13, 2016 by connorj

A couple of our observers have emailed about this event. Seems too soon to tell how bad the effects will be, but it certainly looks like another tough, tough problem for this already-troubled species. The Daily Kos reports here seem … Continue reading →

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The Latest Monarch Research: Gloomy But Not-So-Doomy

Posted on August 12, 2015 by connorj

If you would like to feel a little more optimistic about North American’s best-known butterfly, set aside some time to read through the new series of articles published just last week by the Entomological Society of America: “The Monarch Collection” … Continue reading →

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Let’s Urge NJ To Do Something About Neonicotinoid Pesticides

Posted on June 26, 2014 by connorj

The South Jersey butterflyers who attended this month’s NABA conference in Chattanooga, TN, came back with happy tales of Dianas and other memorable sightings — and also a sad update of the monarch’s situation. Experts at the meeting painted a … Continue reading →

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