Lancaster Butterfly and Entomological Club

Last updated: December 6, 2011

The Lancaster Butterfly and Entomological Club

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Beautiful Wood Nymph (Moth) caterpillar - Damselfly (by Fred Habegger) - Polyphemus caterpillars

Meets at the North Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

NEXT EVENT
See you next year on March 5, 2012.

The regular meetings of the Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club are held on the first Monday of every month from March through October (except the September meeting which is on the second Monday) in the Kinsey room on the second floor of the North Museum of Natural History & Science, on the corner of College Avenue and Buchanan Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The meetings run from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.

Everyone is invited to the meetings. Please use the rear entrance and bring a friend.

The purpose of the club is to study butterflies and insects and to share that information at our meetings. Catch the enthusiasm and attend our lively club meetings. Most meetings include a lecture, discussion, and show-and-tell of books, bugs, or photos. Members and friends are invited to field trips and Fourth of July Butterfly Counts throughout the season. Learn what can be found in this area and catch the enthusiasm.

Join the club! Membership dues are $10 per family. For more information contact President Al Spoo at or 717-626-2684.

The 70 butterfly species seen in Lancaster County in 2011 (11 in November, 1 in December.
Updated December 4)
The 72 butterfly species seen in Lancaster County in 2010
The 67 butterfly species seen in Lancaster County in 2009
Photographs of Lancaster Butterflies - 2011 and 2010

You can help with the 2011 list. For information visit the page.

(Programs & Field Trips for 2011) - Text Only Version as PDF

	Mon. March 7, 2011 7:00 pm "Members' Night" Help elect officers for your club and then we will share insect pictures or specimens with the appreciative crowd. <---- A fly species which mimics an ant.
Lime Kilns	Mon. April 4, 2011 7:00 pm Come hear retired Professor Ken Miller share with us about his recent quest to find the "Vanishing Lime Kilns of Lancaster County." A passion gone wild, Ken has been photographing these agricultural relics that numbered over 400 in their heyday, by chasing leads from old maps and tips received from locals. Do you have any familiarity with lime kilns in your bailiwick that Ken should visit?
Butterfly Evolution	Mon. May 2, 2011 7:00 pm Dr. David Newcomer will share with us some thoughts about "Butterfly Evolution."
	Mon. June 6, 2011 7:00 pm John Gruber is a biology teacher at Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood PA. His illustrated program will cover a recent trip he made with his students and will feature some entomological highlights. It would not be complete without coverage of the Emeralds, Nemoria. We are pleased to have John come and speak to us once again this year.
	Sat. June 25, 2011 9:00 am FIELD TRIP "The 19th Annual Furnace Hills Fourth of July Butterfly Count." We will mount an intensive effort to find as many butterfly species as possible in the Brickerville Hills, Middlecreek State Game lands and Northern Lancaster County flood plains. This is part of the North American Butterfly Association’s Fourth of July Butterfly Count program and a $5.00 participation fee applies. Meet at 9:00 AM at the Riparian Park along PA-772 and Clay Road, about 1.4 mile East of the Lititz square. Compiler is Fred Habegger (Weather/ cancellation info. 717-859-2521)
	Sat. July 9, 2011 9:00 am FIELD TRIP . "The 16th Annual Holtwood Fourth of July Butterfly Count." Another opportunity to tally butterflies for the NABA survey, this time in the Southern parts of the county. Explore along the Susquehanna River and at Muddy Run Park. A $5.00 participation fee applies. Meet at 9:00 AM at the PPL Holtwood Environmental Center, Old Village Road. . Compiler is Fred Habegger (Weather/ cancellation info. 717-859-2521).
	Mon. July 11, 2011 7:00 pm "Member’s Night" once again! Bring pictures, Power Points or stories to share with our members tonight. This is a great opportunity to have mystery insects identified by the collective group. <--- Male glowworm beetle (Phengodes)
Ned Smith Center For Nature and Art	Fri. and Sat. July 29, 30, 2011, "The Annual Nature and Arts Festival," sponsored by the Ned Smith Center will be held at MYO Park in Millersburg. For more information, you may go to www.Nedsmithcenter.org. Our own John D. Laskowski, the Mothman, will present Moths, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Over 60 separate nature related presentations will be ongoing throughout the day on Saturday. Contact John at 717-362-7979 if you would like to lead a walk or present a program at the festival.
	Mon. August 1, 2011 7:00 pm "Slow down! You're going too fast" by vice-president, Fred Habegger. The show will be a closer look at our flora and fauna through the seasons, captured with Fred's slow motion camera.
Muhlenberg Meadow	Sat. August 6, 2011 10:00 am FIELD TRIP "Joint visit to the Muhlenberg Meadow at Lancaster Central Park". We will leisurely stroll the trails around the native meadow that members of the Muhlenberg Botanical Society initiated more then 10 years ago. On this joint trip, with that club, we will focus on butterflies and their associated larval host plants. 10:00 AM start from grassy parking lot along the south side of Golf Road, 3/4 mile East of Rte. 222.
	Sat. August 13, 2011 9:00 am FIELD TRIP & 5:00 pm PICNIC "Summer Rerun of the Furnace Hills Butterfly Count" followed by the Club_Picnic. For the all-day enthusiasts, we will start at 9:00 AM from Sunfish Pond at Middlecreek Wildlife Management Area. No fee, but bring plenty of fluids for making a hot day of pursuing Lepidoptera in the field manageable. We will be regrouping at 3:00 PM, at the Middlecreek visitor’s center, allowing those who want a shorter day of butterflying to join us. Then relax and cool off at the BYO picnic at 5:00 PM at the shady Sunfish Pond Picnic Area.
September Meeting	Mon. September 12, 2011 7:00 pm "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things" by member Don Billet. Don says "naturing" is a great hobby for him - there is so much to learn that you never run out of things to explore. He plans to share a little bit of a lot of different images, from art to architecture, from plain culture to an abundance of nature.
	Mon. October 3, 2011 7:00 pm "Damselflies". Put on your chest waders and get a close look at damselflies of the East. They come in all colors of the rainbow, from Azure Bluets to Red Damsels. Club member Ken Lebo gives us the Odonate facts.

Photographs by Karl Gardner unless otherwise noted.

RELATED EVENTS at the Ned Smith Center in Dauphin County.
For more information check their web site or call John Laskowski at 717-362-7979

                For information on events at the North Museum go to North Museum.
        For Butterfly sightings in Lancaster County for 2011 go to Lancaster Co. Butterflies 2011.
                  For Butterfly sightings in Berks County for 2011 go to Berks Co. - Butterflies 2011
                 For Butterfly walks in Berks County go to Berks County Nature - Butterfly Walks.
                  For Nature events in Berks County go to Berks County Nature.

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Harvester laying egg and Harvester caterpillar at woolly aphid patch.