Category Archives: Milkweed Butterflies

Mid-Summer Photo Gallery

Posted on August 1, 2014 by connorj

Thanks to all our South Jersey Butterfly Project loggers carrying cameras and cell phones into the field with them, here’s a selection of some of the best photographs of butterflies in South Jersey so far this summer — chosen for … 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 →

Posted in Conservation Action, Eggs, Cats, Chrysalids, Host Plants, Milkweed Butterflies | 1 Comment

Monarch Generations

Posted on June 8, 2014 by connorj

We now have newly-emerged adult monarchs flying in South Jersey — apparently the first “Jersey-raised” monarchs of 2014. Ordinarily, our log collects only a handful of records of monarchs from mid-April to early May, and that was the case this … Continue reading →

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Pat Sutton on “Where Are The Monarchs?”

Posted on September 21, 2013 by connorj

  Pat Sutton has written an excellent overview of this year’s monarch flight at the Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens site this week. You can link to it below — very informative and also includes links to other sites and … Continue reading →

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