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Butterflies, Dragonflies, Damselfies Amid Native Wildflowers

Jul 21, 2019

Wood FrogPhoto by Michael Myers On a very, very warm Saturday morning, a group of 11 people gathered at Willowsford...

Butterfly Count 2017: Numbers Are Up!

Oct 1, 2017

Volume 22 Issue 3, Fall 2017 by Anne Ellis Silvery CheckerspotPhoto by Bryan Henson For a human, the cool, almost...

Butterfly Checklist

Mar 21, 2017

Butterflies – our flying flowers. Not only are they beautiful to look at, they are important threads in the web of...

Field Guide to the Butterflies of Loudoun County

Oct 31, 2016

Interested in identifying Loudoun’s butterflies? Our Field Guide to the Butterflies of Loudoun County provides photos and identification tips for...

Butterfly Count 2016: Where Are All the Butterflies?

Aug 25, 2016

By Nicole Hamilton As we headed into the 20th year of our butterfly count on August 6th, many of us...

Tips for Monarchs and Milkweed

Jul 1, 2016

Vol. 21 Issue 3, Summer 2016 By the Audubon at Home Ambassadors Now, for the first time in its history, gardening...

The Fascinating Harvester Butterfly

Apr 1, 2016

Vol. 21 Issue 1, Spring 2016 By Emily Bzdyk Photo by Nicole Hamilton Butterflies are often the favorites of the...

Common Milkweed: A Plant of Many Virtues

Jul 1, 2015

Vol. 20, Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Donna Quinn Common MilkweedPhoto by Nicole Hamilton Common Milkweed’s story is also a...

Loudoun Butterfly Count 2014 — 3,063 Butterflies, 55 Species Tallied!

Aug 15, 2014

Heading into our butterfly count this year, many people were asking, “Where are all the butterflies?” Across our area, other...

Monarch Butterflies in a Freefall – What will our Butterfly Count Show?

Aug 2, 2013

This Saturday is our 17th Annual Loudoun County Butterfly count where we form into 8 teams, each led by an...

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