The Washington Area Butterfly Club (WABC) is committed to promoting the appreciation, understanding, study and conservation of butterflies and their habitats throughout the central Atlantic states and central Appalachia. WABC members:* contribute to scientific knowledge about the ecological requirements and life histories of local butterflies through field trips and field studies.* work with community groups, businesses, and government entities to preserve or restore habitat critical to the sustainability of local butterfly populations.* serve as resources for formal and informal education and regional record maintenance about butterflies, their life histories, their distribution and abundance or scarcity, and their ecology.
* plan and develop butterfly-friendly gardens and landscape designs for personal and public enjoyment.
* mentor and support future generations of Lepidoptera enthusiasts, and welcome the opportunity to share their knowledge of the area’s butterfly fauna with anyone interested in the lives of these remarkable creatures.
To visit WABC at its new web home, visit the Washington Area Butterfly Club on WordPress.
The Club’s also maintains a listserv for sightings, events, meetings and general information:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/washbutterflies/
May 29, 2010 at 12:43
Does anyone from your club travel to community sites to talk about butterflies with kids and families? I am in the Baltimore area.
Patricia Paul
October 4, 2012 at 05:08
Have you checked the events offered by the Maryland Natural History Society? http://www.meetup.com/marylandnature/
May 10, 2011 at 09:23
i am looking for a source for balt checkerspot eggs or cats. i have set up a small pond/bog in balt county and would like to try some there. any help would be appreciated.
thanks
May 30, 2011 at 16:25
I also would like to know if your club can do “run-out” presentations especially about gardening for butterflies. I am serving on a committee of the Rock Spring Garden club which is in the process of scheduling its monthly programs for 2011-2012. Several of our members have expressed an interest in this topic.
September 8, 2011 at 15:08
From a recent estate sale I rescued from the trash a 21in x 31in x 3in plexiglas display of 9 blue morpho and a dozen other assorted tropical butterflies. I have no use for this item but did not want to see it destroyed. I would be glad to give it to an appreciative butterfly lover if you contact me through this site.
Thanks.
September 15, 2011 at 09:20
I am a dcps teacher. I would love to have your display.
louisechap_20002@yahoo.com
June 24, 2012 at 08:41
I’m interested in your display too. I love buterflies and just starting collecting them!!
September 15, 2011 at 15:21
Can anyone help to supply a DCPS classroom with some monarch caterpillar eggs or caterpillars?
November 3, 2011 at 07:11
[...] The Washington Area Butterfly Club emphasizes education about and appreciation and conservation of butterflies in the Washington, DC, area including Maryland and Virginia. Meetings are free and open to the public, although occasional events are only for members and their guests. Members also conduct various other butterfly-related activities including butterfly gardening, butterfly counts, conservation, and field trips. [...]
February 26, 2012 at 15:50
I’m looking forward to working as an interpreter in the Butterfly Garden on
the East side of the National Museum of Natural History. To be sure, I
also enjoyed my 4+ years in the Butterfly Pavillion with its exotic butterflies
& moths but my 80 year old knees object. The Butterfly Garden has great
signage and an excellent horticulturist. The Smithsonian is trying to help
improve the experience of visitors by linking gardens with museum exhibits
Hope to see WABC members in April !
Dex Hinckley
March 18, 2012 at 17:35
Good for you, Dex! Please see if the information sheet available at the Natural History garden has the Washington Area Butterfly Club’s correct URL, leplog.wordpress.com. Last time I saw the sheet it listed the old URL.
Rob Simmons
March 5, 2012 at 11:28
Hi,
I was running in Rock Creek Park last week (March 1st) with a friend and we were amazed to see a black butterfly with brownish/lighter outer margins flying roughly near the Nature Center. I could not find a listing of when butterflies emerge or migrate in the area. Obviously this has been a historically mild winter. My guess from looking at online identifiers was that it was a female Swallowtail. Are other people seeing butterflies yet? Would that be unusual? Please tell me if I am off on my id. Thanks
Rob
I normally am a birder but am getting into butterflies and we will put a butterfly garden/plantings in our new yard…any and all suggestions of appropriate and inexpensive resources would be appreciated.
March 12, 2012 at 19:09
Hi, Rob – sorry it’s taken so long to respond.. Almost certainly you were seeing Mourning Cloak (in the UK known as Camberwell Beauty). Check these images and see if they look like what you saw:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-antiopa
March 21, 2012 at 09:42
I am interested in someone speaking about butterflies to our flower club meeting
Eastland Gardens Flower Club
April 25, 2012 at 05:50
[...] 1 Background information and discussions of other programs and activities sponsored by the Washington Area Butterfly Club (WABC), as well as information on how to join the WABC, are available at http://leplog.wordpress.com/washington-area-butterfly-club/ [...]
June 24, 2012 at 08:45
Recently on a trip to Virginia I saw a butterfly beng eating by ants. I picked it up and carried it home. Frm the looks of it, it seems to be in tact except the legs. I think they are damaged. Now, I want to know where I can take it to get mounted. I live in the Baltimore Area and am willing to travel a bit.
September 28, 2012 at 18:08
My husband just alerted me to this upcoming IMAX movie at the Museum of Natural History in DC. It opens Oct. 5:
Flight of the Butterflies 3D
The monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. Weighing less than a penny, it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent to a place it has never known. Follow the monarchs’ perilous journey and experience millions of them in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico, with breathtaking cinematography from an award winning team including Oscar® winner Peter Parks. Be captivated by the true and compelling story of an intrepid scientist’s 40-year search to find their secret hideaway. Unravel the mysteries and experience the Flight of the Butterflies.
Flight of the Butterflies 3D opens October 5th at the National Museum of Natural History.
January 23, 2013 at 22:40
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February 22, 2013 at 15:18
Hello –
I am planning of installing a butterfly garden at my cottage in the Annapolis area. I am not sure how to design and obtain the plants to complete the project. I would be interested in hiring someone to help complete the project. I am creating the new bed for the garden the weekend of March 15th. I am not sure if there are any services, consultants or hobbyist in the club that would like to take on this project?
Thanks for any information on how best to proceed.
Kevin
February 22, 2013 at 17:40
Is there any way I could arrange for a speaker to come out to my Community Flower Club meeting to educate us on butterlies? Feel free to contact me,
Peace and Blessings Regina King 202-255-9201 rking24289@aol.com