Please bring your ideas and food items to share to: 900 Sherman Hollow Rd, Huntington, VT. The phone number there is (802) 434-2167
If you have an agenda item please let Michael Sabourin know at mothvet@yahoo.com or (802) 595-0484[c]
This is also an initial solicitation for articles, news items, book reviews, photos, field notes etc. for the Vermont Entomological Society Spring/Summer newsletter!
The VES newsletter deadline is May 7th, 2025. Contact Michael.
We could not have asked for better weather during the July 8th ButterflyWalk. Clear blue skies and comfortable temperatures welcomed the eighteen nature lovers that joined Vermont Entomological Society naturalists and entomologists for an exploratory stroll on the Birds of Vermont Museum grounds. Make sure to check out the list of the many butterflies, insects, and other miscellaneous critters participants got to experience up close!
To learn more about the Vermont Entomological Society check out their website, where you can find gorgeous photos and information about the society.
Atlantis Fritillary similar to the one above were sighted during the July 8th Butterfly Walk.
Butterflies, Insects, and Misc. Critters viewed on July 8th:
Butterflies:
Atlantis Fritillary Butterfly
Clouded Sulphurs Butterfly (male)
Dun Skipper Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Question Mark Butterfly
Azure Butterfly
Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Moths:
Sod Grass Veneer Moth
Mottled Snout Moth
Gypsy Moth (caterpillar)
Plume Moth
Misc. Flying Species:
Enallagma Skimming Bluet (blue damselfly)
Bright Green Damselfly
12-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
Red Dragon Fly
Dragon Fly (exoskeleton)
Crane Fly
Scorpion Fly (female)
Serpent Fly (mimics wasp)
Beetles:
Click Beetle
Japanese Beetle
Whirligig Beetle
Case-bearing Leaf Beetle
Other Species:
Bush Katydid
Grey Grasshopper (gripped and turned a dime – VERY IMPRESSIVE!)
Large Tan Spider(male)
Crab Spider (3 sighted, 1 was eating another insect)
Water Boatman
Water Scorpion
Frogs & Tadpoles
Leeches
Salamanders
Raven (heard)
Black Billed Cuckoo (heard and sighted)
Interested in identifying butterflies in your own backyard? Check out “Gardens With Wings” for help identifying butterflies by their shape, wingspan, opened and closed wing color, common name and family name.
We could not have asked for better weather during the July 8th ButterflyWalk. Clear blue skies and comfortable temperatures welcomed the eighteen nature lovers that joined Vermont Entomological Society naturalists and entomologists for an exploratory stroll on the Birds of Vermont Museum grounds. Make sure to check out the list of the many butterflies, insects, and other miscellaneous critters participants got to experience up close!
To learn more about the Vermont Entomological Society check out their website, where you can find gorgeous photos and information about the society.
Atlantis Fritillary similar to the one above were sighted during the July 8th Butterfly Walk.
Butterflies, Insects, and Misc. Critters viewed on July 8th:
Butterflies:
Atlantis Fritillary Butterfly
Clouded Sulphurs Butterfly (male)
Dun Skipper Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Question Mark Butterfly
Azure Butterfly
Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Moths:
Sod Grass Veneer Moth
Mottled Snout Moth
Gypsy Moth (caterpillar)
Plume Moth
Misc. Flying Species:
Enallagma Skimming Bluet (blue damselfly)
Bright Green Damselfly
12-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
Red Dragon Fly
Dragon Fly (exoskeleton)
Crane Fly
Scorpion Fly (female)
Serpent Fly (mimics wasp)
Beetles:
Click Beetle
Japanese Beetle
Whirligig Beetle
Case-bearing Leaf Beetle
Other Species:
Bush Katydid
Grey Grasshopper (gripped and turned a dime – VERY IMPRESSIVE!)
Large Tan Spider(male)
Crab Spider (3 sited, 1 was eating another insect)
Water Boatman
Water Scorpion
Frogs & Tadpoles
Leeches
Salamanders
Raven (heard)
Black Billed Cuckoo (heard and sighted)
Interested in identifying butterflies in your own backyard? Check out “Gardens With Wings” for help identifying butterflies by their shape, wingspan, opened and closed wing color, common name and family name.
