It took less than a month for Terri Armata, one of our star butterfly atlas volunteers, to find and document the 119th butterfly species for Vermont and her fourth state record. On August 22nd, she located a fresh male Zabulon Skipper (Lon Zabulon) in an unmowed field full of Red Clover just outside of […]
A new butterfly species has been discovered in Vermont! Terri Armata, a seasoned butterfly watcher, made this incredible find while surveying butterflies. Learn more about this exciting discovery and the challenges of butterfly identification in our latest blog post.
From Gary in Edmonton, Alberta. Today’s butterfly was a surprise for me in more ways than one. I ventured out to the little bog just south of Sherwood Park in hopes of finding a Giant Sulphur. No sulphurs, but on the edge of the bog a population of fresh Boloria freija aka Freija fritillarys! The second surprise was when I got home […]