butterflies, moths

Butterfly Gardening Tips

Follow the link below to a page of New England oriented gardening tips to attract butterflies and other pollinators.

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North American Butterfly Association

Project Goal: 
Increase public enjoyment and conservation of butterflies by: creating a website for people to share their sightings; organize counting efforts in May and July; and establish local chapters for people to join.
Your Role: 
Sign up to do a count and report your data.
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e-Butterfly

Project Goal: 
Bring butterfly enthusiasts and scientists together and provide a place to share photos and locational data. Provide data that can be used to understand butterfly adaptation and responses to change.
Your Role: 
Observe butterflies, photograph them and submit records of your data. Also search the database for species that have been seen in your area.
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Vanessa (Red Admirals and Painted Ladies)

Project Goal: 
Coordinate observations of territorial behavior, migration, life history, populations, seasonal variations, body size and number of broods of butterflies from the Vanessa genus.
Your Role: 
Learn how to recognize red admirals and painted ladies and report your observations of these butterflies.
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Website: 
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Journey North

Project Goal: 
Monitor specific species as they migrate north every season and track changes from season to season.
Your Role: 
Select one or more species to monitor and report your findings. You can observe, robins, monarchs, sunlight, tulips and many more.
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Monarch Larva Monitoring Project

Project Goal: 
Understand how monarch butterfly populations vary in time and by location.
Your Role: 
Find a milkweed patch and either commit to monitor on a regular basis throughout a season or submit occassional instances of monarch larva that you find.
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Macrosystems Research

Project Goal: 
Build a continental network of study sites and naturalists to collect high quality data and imagery of a location during a hike during the day and at night.
Your Role: 
Review the protocols, select a location to do a 2-hour nature hike, followed by 2-hours of mothing at night. Record and submit your data.
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The Goldenrod Challenge

Project Goal: 
Understand factors impacting species interactions, geographic distributions and changes in abundances from season to season.
Your Role: 
Photograph goldenrod plants and any associated species on the plant. Try to identify the species in the photos and submit your results to the website.
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Website: 
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Signs of the Seasons: A New England Phenology Program

Project Goal: 
Document the local effects of climate change on the timing of when plants and animals go through life cycle changes along with the seasons.
Your Role: 
Observe key species of plants, birds and insects and report your data.
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Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Project Goal: 
"Collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for" North America.
Your Role: 
Find, photograph and submit your sightings of butterflies and moths where you live. If you have expertise, help with reviewing submissions and caterpillar identifications.
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