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Last updated: November 22, 2018
The Lancaster Butterfly and
Entomological Club
2018 - Our 23rd year!
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Sleepy Orange
Yellow Jackets
Ocola Skipper .
Photographs by Fred Habegger
Meets at the
North
Museum, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
Next Events
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Monday, October 1, 2018 7:00 pm
"Members Night" Members share recent sightings, photos, movies, specimens,
books, other observations.
Dates for 2018
March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6, September 10,
October 1 (LAST PROGRAM of YEAR)
Dates and programs for 2019 will be announced early in 2019.
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*** Butterfly sightings by year & month ***
The 57
butterfly species seen in Lancaster County in
2018.
(November 10, October 22, September 35, August 44,
July 34, June 28, May 25, April 5, March 2, February 1 species)
Most recent sightings: --- Comma on Nov. 12 Please check your late
sightings. Many late dates added recently.
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).
Meeting Location: Kinsey
room on the second floor of the North
Museum of Natural History & Science, at 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, which are free to all.
Please use the Main entrance (a change from past practice) 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, host plants, or photos. Members and friends are invited to field trips
and Fourth of July Butterfly Counts in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania throughout the
season. Counts are part of the North American Butterfly Association's Fourth of July
Butterfly Count program and require a nominal participation fee by NABA.
Learn what can be found in this area and meet other enthusiasts.
Membership Information: If you wish to join the club, annual dues are $15 (starting
2018) per household, payable at club meetings or by mail. Lancaster Butterfly and
Entomological Club, Jan Schaefer, 154 Pinetown Rd, Leola,
PA 17540. Jan Schaefer at 
For more information contact President Fred Habegger at
or 717-859-2521.
(Programs and Field Trips for 2018)
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Monday, March 5, 2018 7:00 pm
"Members' Night and elections.
Have cabin fever? Help set the agenda for the coming season. Bring pictures movies,
specimens, books, or stories to share with our members tonight. This is a great opportunity
to have those mystery insects identified by the collective group.
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Monday, April 2, 2018 7:00 pm
"Damsels and Dragons- Flies that is!" by Tony Schoch. A power-point presentation
about these iconic insects will focus on their anatomy, life cycle, indication of water
quality, identification and their place in the food chain of the wetlands, lakes, ponds
and streams.
<-- Photo by Fred habegger.
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Monday, May 7, 2018 7:00 pm
"INSECTS --- AN OVERVIEW of the Orders." by Dr. Dave Newcomer.
<--- Photo by Dr. Dave Newcomer.
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Monday, June 4, 2018 7:00 pm
"Macro Photography" by Joe Wolf. See his photographs at:
Joe Wolf's photographs.
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 9:00 am
FIELD TRIP
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 floodplains. This is part of the North
American Butterfly Association’s Fourth of July Butterfly Count program and requires a
nominal participation fee. 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/cancelation
info. 717-859-2521).
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Monday, July 2, 2018 7:00 pm
"Pollination: It's a Complicated Relationship between Plants and Animals!"
by Mike Slater. Mike is the author of the Outside column of the
Berks Country
insert in the Wednesday Reading Eagle.
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Saturday, July 14, 2018
9:00 am FIELD TRIP .
"The 22nd Annual Holtwood Fourth of July Butterfly
Count."
Another opportunity to tally butterflies for NABA (North
American Butterfly Association), this time
in the Southern part of the county. Explore along the Susquehanna River and at Muddy Run
Park. A nominal participation fee will be assessed. Meet at 9:00 AM at the Muddy Run Park
Information Center's butterfly garden. Compiler is Fred Habegger (Weather/ cancelation
info. 717-859-2521).
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Monday, August 6, 2018 7:00 pm
"Twenty-five Years of 4th of July Butterfly Counts - Furnace Hills & Holtwood"
followed by a nature video "Another Year Flies By" presented by LB&EC
president Fred Habegger.
<-- Black Dash
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Saturday, August 18, 2018 9:00 am and/or
3:00 pm FIELD TRIP
"Summer Rerun of the Furnace Hills Butterfly
Count." Summer Rerun of the Furnace Hills Butterfly Count.
For the die-hard enthusiasts, we will start at 9:00 AM from Sunfish Pond
at Middlecreek Wildlife Management Area. No fee, but bring plenty of fluids
and sun screen for making a hot day of butterfly hunting in the field manageable.
August is the prime month to see numbers of butterflies. We will be regrouping
at 3:00 PM, at the Middlecreek Visitors Center, allowing those who want
a shorter day of butterflying to join us in the afternoon.
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Monday, September 10, 2018 7:00 pm
"Some Butterflies of Lancaster County" by Fred Habegger.
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Lancaster Butterfly
& Entomological Club
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Monday, October 1, 2018 7:00 pm
"Members Night" Members share recent sightings, photos, movies, specimens,
books, other observations.
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Further Afield - Other organizations
Ned Smith Center
For Nature and Art
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Ned Smith Center
Saturday July 28, 2018
"Ned Smith Nature and Arts Festival," To be held for the
first time at the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, 176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg,
PA sponsored by the Ned Smith Center. Click on
"Events." All ages will be entertained and stimulated.
Our contact person is John Laskowski at 717-362-7979 for more information.
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National Moth Week
Saturday July 28, 2018
Celebrate National Moth Week July 21-29, 2018
. Turn the porch
light on and enjoy the show! NationalMothWeek.org has information on this
celebration of biodiversity of the often overlooked creatures in your neighborhood.
Pennsylvania has over 1000 species of moths.
Friday June 23, 2018
Locally there will be a
Moth Night at Nolde Forest on June 23, 2018
with the Mengel Natural History Society and the Baird Ornithological Club hosting.
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Photographs
by Karl Gardner unless otherwise noted.
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