How Does One Count Butterflies?
Volume 27 Issue 4, Fall 2022 by Anne Ellis, Butterfly Count Coordinator Variegated Fritillary on Goldenrod.Photo by Michael Myers On...
Join Us for the Butterfly Count on August 6
Monarchs on MilkweedPhoto by Janet Locklear In a recent National Geographic newsletter, Jason Bittel reported that Monarch butterflies may be...
4259 Reasons to Love Hot Weather
By Anne Ellis Butterfly Count Coordinator This year marked the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s 25th annual butterfly count. Twelve teams were...
Butterfly Counting in Loudoun County
Volume 26 Issue 3, Summer 2021 by Michele Savage, Habitat Herald Managing Editor The butterflies must be counted — each...
Annual Count Shows Butterflies Are Doing Fine
By Anne Ellis Butterfly Count Coordinator Red-banded HairstreakPhoto by Gerco Hoogeweg The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s 24th annual butterfly count was...
Annual Butterfly Count Soars to Record Tally
Volume 24 Issue 4, Fall 2019 by Anne Ellis Intrepid and stalwart butterfly experts, citizen scientists, and nature-lovers of all...
Butterfly Count Report 2018: Monarchs Everywhere!
By Anne Ellis Butterfly Count Coordinator Monarch butterflyPhoto by Michael Myers With some misgivings concerning the weather, eight teams of...
Butterfly Count 2017: Numbers Are Up!
Volume 22 Issue 3, Fall 2017 by Anne Ellis Silvery CheckerspotPhoto by Bryan Henson For a human, the cool, almost...
Butterfly Checklist
Butterflies – our flying flowers. Not only are they beautiful to look at, they are important threads in the web of...
Butterfly Count 2013: A Little Soggy
Our annual butterfly count was held on Saturday, August 3. Although the forecast called for nice weather, a storm front...