While we had to postpone our annual butterfly count by a day due to the weather, it was definitely for the better!  48 people came out to help count butterflies on Sunday, August 3rd from 9:00 in the morning to about 4:30 in the afternoon. We identified 2,903 individual butterflies and 55 species!  This is the […]

Field trip report from Joe Coleman (and a photo of a Field Sparrow): Twenty-five people showed up for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s regular monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in northwestern Loudoun County yesterday morning.  We walked the area at the end of Sawmill Road and did the loop into […]

In this podcast we give a brief talk about the stages of the lifecycle of butterflies and things you can do to attract them to your yard.

We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to spot and help identify these beautiful insects. In total, we saw 17 species of butterflies, 13 species of dragonflies and 1species of damselflies. The highlight of the butterflies was the large number of Juniper (aka […]

On June 21, Mona Miller (“The Butterfly Lady”) led our first butterfly walk of the season. Over 20 people, adults and kids, came out to Banshee Reeks to spot our flying friends and help with identification.  Here’s a quick report of the species seen: Great Spangled Fritillary (numerous) Eastern Tailed Blue Hickory Hairstreak (rare) Mourning […]

Vol. 11 Issue 2, Summer 2006 Here in Loudoun, we are losing our grasslands and weedy roadside areas at an astounding rate. By creating monarch waystations, we help not only the monarchs but also a variety of other butterflies, as well as birds and other wildlife. Use Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s online native plant database to identify […]

Vol. 2 Issue 2, Spring 1997 By Barbara Holland After a close call with pesticides and habitat destruction, butterflies are coming back to our gardens and cheering our views again. Bribe them to keep coming with plantings of what they’re looking for. Every flowering garden, wild or tame, looks better under a flutter of colored […]