Butterfly Count 2017: Numbers Are Up!
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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
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The Fascinating Harvester Butterfly
Apr 1, 2016
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Common Milkweed: A Plant of Many Virtues
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Loudoun Butterfly Count 2014 — 3,063 Butterflies, 55 Species Tallied!
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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?
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Hoptrees and Giant Swallowtails
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Giant Swallowtails almost sound like some mythical insect but in fact they are real and now and then they flutter through...
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