Above: A viceroy butterfly is just one you might spot on Saturday (photo via Flickr)
Last month the Southborough Open Land Foundation hosted a well-received bird walk at the Beals Preserve. This month they’ll be searching for butterflies. Here are the details.
What is that bit of orange that flutters past, or the bright yellow and black insect that flits among your flowers? Learn about the royalty of butterflies – monarchs, tawny emperors, and viceroys – as well as swallowtails, skippers, painted ladies, frittilaries, and many other butterflies!
Join the Southborough Open Land Foundation as we host a butterfly walk with husband and wife team Steve Moore and Barbara Volkle, Saturday June18, at 9:30 am.
Meet at the intersection of Main Street and Northborough Road to park. We will walk over to the Beals Preserve together, looking for butterflies as we go. Those of you not driving you can meet us at the Beals Preserve Kiosk at the main entrance on the Reservoir Trail at 9:45. If you have them, bring butterfly field guides and binoculars – close focusing binoculars are best for looking at butterflies.
Stephen Moore, president of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club, and his wife Barbara, have spent over thirty years on explorations to track not only all the butterflies but also bird species in North America. Ten years ago they joined the Massachusetts Butterfly Club (MBC), and are now concentrating on the 720 species of butterflies in North America. To date, Moore has spotted 500 different species of butterflies.
The members of the MBC are happy to share their enthusiasm and knowledge about butterflies. Through their walks and talks, they promote the preservation of meadows and butterfly gardens, habitats that provide butterflies with the plants they need for home and food. For more information about the Massachusetts Butterfly club, visit www.massbutterflies.org.
For more information on SOLF, visit their website (www.solf.org).
Thank you to Southborough Open Land Foundation and the Massachusetts Butterfly Club. The butterfly walk was a fun and interesting way to spend the morning. My son and I appreciated all the butterfly knowledge Steve Moore shared and SOLF updates from Freddie Gillespie.