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Brian Johnson’s recent night-time shot of a Henry’s elfin with green highlights inspired some reading into a spring-season butterfly mystery that has surfaced now and again on our Sightings Log for several years.   The mystery revolves around two questions: What … Continue reading →

Thanks to Kathy Horn’s sharp eyes and quick-thinking camera work, we have added a new species to our South Jersey Butterfly Project’s all-time list, the southern broken-dash, Wallengrenia otho. Our log is in its 15th year, so new species — … Continue reading →

Our two local anglewings, the eastern comma and the question mark, show many similarities besides their physical resemblance: They share a mostly-overlapping range with each other, south from Maine to Florida and west to the Dakotas, and are the most … Continue reading →

[May 2 Update: Governor Murphy re-opened the state parks today. Leaving the note below for future reference.] South Jersey Butterflyers & Friends, As everyone knows, we are living through a disorienting and frightening time.  Decisions that were so simple two … Continue reading →

As many of you know, two of our most active veterans conducted Butterfly Big Years in 2017 — determined to spot as many species in the state as they could in one calendar year. Congratulations to Steve Glynn and Jack … Continue reading →

May is a good month for butterfly photographers as demonstrated by three of our observers here: For an account of his day in NJ and also nice shots of some West Virginian butterflies go to Matt Orsie’s blog: West Virginia … Continue reading →

I have been asked on a number of occasions to provide emails for other members of our log. Most often, folks want to know the specifics of where, exactly, a butterfly was found. Other times, they want directions to a … Continue reading →

Dave A’s computer is up and running again, and so he is now able to send along these photos (his camera never paused) and his breakdown of the amazing Butterfly Big Year he recorded in 2013. After a careful re-count … Continue reading →

Dave Amadio achieved an amazing milestone on Saturday, October 5. He photographed his 100th and 101st butterfly species recorded in New Jersey this year. He had reached the century mark for the state when he observed an Ocola a few … Continue reading →

Our most prolific contributor is celebrating a birthday today. His age must be kept a secret, of course ….unless you happen to know it exactly matches our log’s current record for butterfly species found in a single month (hint: see … Continue reading →