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    2022 Fall      MB # 59
    2022 Spring MB # 58
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    2021 Spring MB # 56
    2020 Fall      MB # 55
    2020 Spring MB # 54
    2019 Fall      MB # 53
    2019 Spring MB # 52
    2018 Fall      MB # 51
    2018 Spring MB # 50
    2017 Fall      MB # 49
    2017 Spring MB # 48
    2016 Fall      MB # 47
    2016 Spring MB # 46
    2015 Fall      MB # 45
    2015 Spring MB # 44
    2014 Fall      MB # 43
    2014 Spring MB # 42
    2013 Fall      MB # 41
    2013 Spring MB # 40
    2012 Fall      MB # 39
    2012 Spring MB # 38
    2011 Fall      MB # 37
    2011 Spring MB # 36
    2010 Fall      MB # 35
    2010 Spring MB # 34
    2009 Fall      MB # 33
    2009 Spring MB # 32
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    2000 Spring MB # 14
    1999 Fall      MB # 13b
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    1999 Spring MB # 12
    1998 Fall      MB # 11
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The Massachusetts Butterfly Club is pleased to announce that back issues of our bi-annual journal, Massachusetts Butterflies, are now available online!
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A Letter From the Editor

Since its beginning in 1993, Massachusetts Butterflies has been an important source of information about butterflies in our state. The Spring issue each year contains a review and listing of the previous season's sightings, and the Fall issue contains the results of the NABA Fourth of July Counts in the state. There are many other interesting articles. In the past, the journal was available only to those who joined the Club as members, but henceforth we plan to post back issues on this website after a one-year time lag.

Bill Benner, Editor


Massachusetts Butterflies Back Issues
Cover: drawing by Sarah Jane Cassie
Table of Contents
Issue Number 1 - February 1993
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1992 Season Summary
by Brian Cassie
1
1992 Massachusetts Butterfly Sightings 2
1992 Butterfly Censuses 11
Re-Discovery of Leonard's Skipper in Connecticut 11
Site Guide: Bare Hill road, Miles Standish State Forest, Plymouth 12
Report on Field Trip to the Great Dismal Swamp and Vicinity 21-24 August, 1992 12
English Names for North American Butterflies 12
Regal Fritillary Update 13
The White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album) in Massachusetts: Notes on its Identification, the 1992 "Flight," and a Review of the Species' Historical Status in the State
by Brian Cassie
14
Calendar of Events, 1993 15

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Cover: drawing by Sarah Jane Cassie
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Issue Number 2 - August 1993
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1993 Massachusetts Butterfly Club Trip Reports  2
Site Guide: Charlton, Massachusetts  
by R. W. Hildreth
6
1993 NABA-Xerces 4th of July Butterfly Counts--Reports and Remarks 10
Butterfly Collections and Butterfly Houses in Massachusetts 13
Review: Butterflies through Binoculars
A Field Guide to Butterflies in the Boston - New York - Washington Region
by Jeffrey Glassberg
Reviewed by Brian Cassie  
14
Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus in Gloucester
by Doug Savich 
15

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Cover: drawing by R. Zach Moseley
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Issue Number 3 - February 1994
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Butterfly Garden at the Massachusetts Audubon Shop in Lincoln
by Debora Diggins
1
1993 Season Summary and Sightings
by Brian Cassie
3
1993 Cloudless Sulphur Flight
by Richard Forster
16
Calendar of Events - 1994 19

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Cover: drawing by Sarah Jane Cassie
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Issue Number 4 - August 1994
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April 15 Meeting and Fall Get-Together 2
Silvery Blue Update 3
Exceptionally Early Monarch Flight 3
Our Trip to the First NABA Meeting
by Lyn Lovell
4
Results of Spring/Summer MBC Field Trips 5
1994 NABA-Xerces 4th of July Butterfly Counts- Reports and Commentary 7
Samuel Scudder - Essay One
Periodicity in the Appearance of Butterflies, excerpt from Fragile Children of the Air 10
What MBC Members are Doing - Butterflywise! 12
A Lot of Insects!
by Brian Cassie
14

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Cover: drawing by Sarah Jane Cassie
Table of Contents
Issue Number 5 - February 1995
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1994 Season Summary and Records 1
Just How Many Rarities are Out There?
by Brian Cassie
26
Tithonia in a Newton Garden
by Marilyn Murphy
27
Ocola Skipper in Massachusetts
by Richard Forster
28
Two Versions of a Westport/South Dartmouth Field Trip
by Brian Cassie and Seth Gross
29
My Experiences with Butterflies
by Sarah Gross
30

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Cover: cartoon by George Booth
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Issue Number 6 - August 1995
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Amherst Meeting of NABA-MBC ii
Fall NABA-MBC Meeting; Welcome to New Members 1
How Many Species of Azures in Massachusetts, or Will the Real Spring Azure Please Open Your Wings?
by Harry Pavulaan
2
1995 Fourth of July Butterfly Count Reports and Comments 4
Some MBC Field Trip Reports 7
Why I Always Keep a Net Handy!
by Mark Fairbrother
7
1995 Sightings 8
Additions and Corrections to Season Summary in Issue No. 5 9
Butterfly Garden Milestone
by Diane Potter
9
Some News from Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary 10
Monarchs - Good News and Bad 10
Identification excerpt from Bright Wings of Summer
by David G. Measures, 1976
11

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Cover: drawing by Dick Hildreth
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Issue Number 7 - February 1996
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1995 Season Summary and Records
by Brian Cassie
1
Butterfly Gardening in Newbury
by Sharon Stichter
26
The Butterfly Bar at Tower Hill Botanical Gardens, Boylston
by Carl Kamp
26
Enigmatic Butterfly at Northbridge
by Richard Hildreth
27
Butterfly Garden Invitation 28
Skipper Video 28
The Mystery of Butterfly Migration
by Richard Forster
28
Coastal Movements of the Baltimore Checkerspot in Southern New England
by Richard Forster
31
Another Ocola Skipper in Wellesley
by Richard Forster
32
Excerpts from Moths of the Limberlost
by Gene Stratton-Porter 1912
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Cover: cartoon by Gary Larson
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Issue Number 8 - February 1997
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The Butterflies of Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
by Bob Speare
1
What Butterfly is That? 2
June Butterflies
by Brian Cassie
3
1996 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts 7
A New Site Location for Hessel's Hairstreak....with Notes....
by Richard Forster
9
1996 Season Summary and Records
by Brian Cassie
11
The Moth Page (Excerpt from Ida M. Eliot and Caroline Gray Soule, Caterpillars and their Moths, 1902) 37
Butterflies at Baleen! Back Cover
Checkered White Seen in Westport Back Cover

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Issue Number 9 - August 1997
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The Great Richard Forster
by Brian Cassie
1
Your Most Wanted Butterflies
by Brian Cassie
2
A Look at the 1997 4th of July Butterfly Counts 4
A Sad State of Affairs in Easton
by Brian Cassie
5
Timing is Everything
by Richard Hildreth
7
Raising Cecropia Moths
by Madeline Champagne
Back Cover
Enjoying and Monitoring Butterflies at Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
by Madeline Champagne
Back Cover
The Denton Brothers' Collection in Wellesley, MA Insert

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Issue Number 10 - February 1998
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1997 Season Summary and Records
by Brian Cassie
1
New Massachusetts Butterfly Checklist Available 25
A Great Anglewing Day
by Tom Gagnon
26
Butterflying on Skis
by dottie case
26
Some Highlights of my Butterfly Year
by Lyn Lovell
27
The Great Meadow [East Lexington]
by Matthew L. Pelikan
28
One Fine Day at World's End Reservation
by Brian Cassie
30
New Publication on Caterpillars 31
Gulf Fritillary: A New England First
by Brian Cassie
32
The Moth Page (Excerpt from Robert M. Pyle, The Audubon Society Handbook for Butterfly Watchers) 33
The President's Page
by Madeline Champagne
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Cover: drawing by Alison Robb
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Issue Number 11 - August 1998
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1998 4th of July Butterfly Counts
by Tom Dodd
2
Island Blues: 1998 Azure Flights on Martha's Vineyard
by Matt Pelikan
4
Butterflies Across Massachusetts on the Metacomet-Monadnock trail
by Carl Kamp
9
Personal Observations on Two Decades of Progress on the Massachusetts Butterfly Frontier -
by Brian Cassie
13
Conservation
by Alison Robb
15
Elfins in the Fog
by Chris Phillips
16
The Titmouse and the Cocoon
by Richard W. Hildreth
18
Raising American Ladies and Black and Spicebush Swallowtails
by Sharon Stichter
20
President's Page
by Richard W. Hildreth
22
Finding Harvester Larvae
by Tom Dodd
23
Notes 24
Book Notes
by Allison Robb
How to tell a Real Lady
by Richard W. Hildreth
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Cover: photo by Bradford F. Herzog
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Issue Number 12 - February 1999
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Dave Winter, Friend of Lepidoptera
by Brian Cassie
2
1998 Invasion of Cloudless Sulphurs
by Brian Cassie
3
A Look at the Juniper Hairstreak on Martha's Vineyard
by Matthew Pelikan
5
Moths - The Other Lepidoptera
by Joe Choiniere
8
1998 Season Summary & Record
by Tom Dodd
12
1998 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts
by Tom Dodd
32
On Watch for the Sachem Skipper
by Harry Pavulaan
34
Twinefield Butterfly Cornucopia
by Tor Hansen
38
Butterflies in October
by Madeline Champagne
41
Butterfly Conundrum
by Bob Bowker
44
President's Page
by Richard Hildreth
45
Book Reviews
by Brian Cassie
46
Book Notes
by Richard Hildreth
47
Something to Look For
by Richard Hildreth
48
Special Nature Tours
by Brian Cassie
49
Errata for No. 12 51

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Cover: drawing by Tor Hansen
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Issue Number 13a - Fall 1999
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A Brief Visit To Florida in October Has Connections To Massachusetts
by Carl Kamp
2
Cayo Costa State Park, Florida
October 10-14, 1999
by Carl Kamp
3
A Colony of Little Yellows in Holyoke, MA
by Roger W. Pease, Jr. & Karen Parker
7
Spring Azures and Blueberry Bushes -- Some Surprising Facts
by Karen A. Parker
8
Cloudless Sulphurs in Chatham, MA:
1998 and 1999
by Roger W. Pease, Jr. & Karen Parker
10
Notes from the Garden
by Sharon Stichter
11
Book Review: Nabokov's Blues:
The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius
Reviewed by Allison Robb
12

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Cover: drawing by Dick Hildreth
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Issue Number 13b - November 1999
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Western MA 1999 Season Highlights
by Mark Fairbrother
1
Eastern MA 1999 Season Highlights
by Tom Dodd
1
Results of the 1999 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts
by Tom Dodd
2
Field Notes
by Richard W. Hildreth
4
Where the 4th of July Counts Are 9

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Cover: drawing by Alison Robb
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Issue Number 14 - Spring 2000
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Litter of Butterflies -- a poem
by Sarah Gross
1
Butterfly Century Run
by Brian Cassie
2
Season Records and Summary
by Tom Dodd
7
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
by Tom Dodd
29
Butterfly Institute
by Dave Small
30
Westport - Small Dartmouth Fall Migration Watch 1999
by Brian Cassie
32
President's Message
by Tom Gagnon
33
Much Ado About Gossamer Wing Nectar Oases
by Tor Hansen
34

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Cover: photo by Robin Gross
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Issue Number 15 - Fall 2000
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2000 4th of July Butterfly Counts
by Tom Dodd
2
Right in Our Own Backyard
by Robin Gross
6
NABA Members' Meeting 2000
by Carl Kamp
9
President's Message
by Tom Gagnon
13

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Cover: drawing by Momoko Schafer
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Issue Number 16 - Spring 2000
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Fall 2000 Migration Watch at Westport - South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
by Brian Cassie
2
Brian Cassie Appointed
by Madeline Champagne
7
Season Records and Summary
by Tom Dodd
8
Glory and Splendor
by Madeline Champagne
28
Migration
by Tor Hansen
29
President's Message
by Tom Gagnon
37

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Cover: drawing by Alison Robb
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Issue Number 17 - Fall 2001
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2001 4th of July Butterfly Counts
by Tom Dodd
2
Royalston Ramble
by Carl Kamp
6
Black Swallowtails
by Matt Pelikan
9
Community Gardens
by Tom Gagnon
11
President's Message
by Madeline Champagne
13

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Cover: drawing by Annalise Nurme
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Issue Number 18 - Spring 2002
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Message from the President
by Madeline Champagne
1
A Lamentation Over the Loss of A Butterfly Field
by Bob Muldoon
3
Fall 2001 Migration Watch at Westport - South Dartmouth
by Brian Cassie and Richard Hildreth
7
2001 Season Summary and Records
by Tom Dodd
11
The 2001 Flights of Vanessas in Massachusetts
by Matthew Pelikan, Brian Cassie and Richard Hildreth
31
Checkerspot Farm - A Success Story
by Madeline Champagne
38

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Cover: Japanese Noh costume embroidery
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Issue Number 19 - Fall 2002
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The Hairstreaks of Massachusetts
by Brian Cassie
2
2002 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts
by Tom Dodd
11
NABA 2002 Fifth Biennial Membership Meeting
by Carl Kamp
16

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Cover: Japanese Woodblock by Kanzaka Sekka
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Issue Number 20 - Spring 2003
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From the New Editor
by Sharon Stichter
1
President's Message
by Madeline Champagne
2
2002 Fall Migration of Northward-Bound Butterflies in the Northeast
by Brian Cassie
3
Site Guide Project
by Sharon Stichter
5
2002 Season Summary and Records
by Tom Dodd
6
Butterfly Flight Periods in Newbury, MA, 1998-2002
by Sharon Stichter
28

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Issue Number 21 - Fall 2003
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Raising Baltimores in West Bridgewater
by Don Adams
2
2003 Fourth of July Count Results
by Tom Dodd
11
Book Review: Butterflies of North America by Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman
Reviewed by Bob Bowker
16
Book Review: Discovering Moths
by John Himmelman
Reviewed by Carl Kamp
19
Trip Report - Whites in Massachusetts
by Sharon Stichter
21
MBC President Receives Award 23

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Cover: photo by Marj Rines
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Issue Number 22 - Spring 2004
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Identifying the Hickory Hairstreak
by Michael Nelson
2
Northern New Hampshire Butterfly Notes
by Erik Nielsen
6
2003 Butterfly Year in Review
By Brian Cassie
11
2003 Season Records
By Tom Dodd
19
Book Review: The Butterflies of the White Mountains of New Hampshire
by Warren J. Kiel
Review by Sharon Stichter
42
Book Review: Butterflies across Cape Cod
by Mark J. Mello and Tor Hansen
Review by Alison Robb
45
Site Guide: Manuel Correllus State Forest, Martha's Vineyard
by Matt Pelikan
48

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Cover: photo by Tom Murray
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Issue Number 23 - Fall 2004
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Site Guide: Dauphinais Park, Grafton, MA
by Dolores Price
2
Site Guide: Williams Land, Harvard, MA
by Tom Murray
10
Short Reports
   Karner Blues in Concord, New Hampshire
   Pipevine Swallowtails in New England
By Sharon Stichter
15
2004 Fourth of July Count Results
By Erik Nielsen
20
Reviews:
Common Butterflies and Skippers of Eastern North America
by Richard Walton and Greg Dodge (DVD)
Review by Carl Kamp
28
Milkweed, Monarchs, and More
by Ba Rea, Karen S. Oberhauser and Michael A Quinn
Review by Richard Hildreth

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Issue Number 24 - Spring 2005
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Sixth Biennial NABA Meeting
by Carl Kamp
2
The Monterrey, Mexico Extension
by Carl Kamp
13
Monarchs by the Numbers
By Tom Whelan
19
Monarchs at the Hawk Watches
By Sharon Stichter
24
2004 Season Summary and Records
by Erik Nielsen
27
Book Reviews: For the Love of Insects
by Tom Eisner
Review by Renee LaFontaine

A World of Butterflies
by Brian Cassie
Review by Carl Kamp
49

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Issue Number 25 - Fall 2005
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Keeping Track of Scaled Jewels: The Maine Butterfly Survey
by Phillip G. deMaynadier & Reginald P. Webster
4
Appendix: A Revised Checklist of the Butterflies of Maine 17
Butterfly Study in Massachusetts
By Roger Pease
23
2005 Fourth of July Count Results
By Erik Nielsen
31
Trip Reports: The Early Hairstreak at Mt. Greylock
by Bill Benner
36
Garden Reports: False nettles vs. True
by Sharon Stichter
40
Reviews: Two New Caterpillar Guides
by Brian Cassie
42

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Issue Number 26 - Spring 2006
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Night into Day: Moths by Daylight
by Joe Choiniere
2
2005 Season Summary and Records
by Erik Nielsen
12
Migrant Nymphalids in Essex County, 2004-5
By Sharon Stichter
34
Trip Reports: Colorado Butterflies, July 9-17, 2005
By Steve Moore
46
Reviews: The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland
by Dottie Case
55
Short Reports:From Wasteland to Butterfly Meadow
59

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Issue Number 27 - Fall 2006
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Mystic Harvesters
by Renee LaFontaine and Marjorie Rines
4
The Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas
by Chris Leahy and Taber Allison
12
2006 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts
By Erik Nielsen
15
Map of Fourth of July Count Circles 20
Trip Reports: Connecticut Lakes, New Hampshire
By Bill Benner
21
Garden Reports:Southern Nectar Plants
by Sharon Stichter
55

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Issue Number 28 - Spring 2007
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Towards a New Massachusetts Checklist
by Sharon Stichter and Erik Nielsen
2
Highlights of the 2006 Fall Monarch Migration
by Brian Cassie
16
Monarch Butterflies -- a poem
By Gayle Sweeney
23
2006 Season Summary and Records
By Erik Nielsen
24
Garden Reports: Going Native
By Kim Smith
47

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Issue Number 29 - Fall 2007
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Why Do Butterflies Overwinter at Different Life Stages?
by Rick Cech
2
Trip Reports: The MBC Trip to Errol, NH and Western Maine
by Steve Moore
12
2007 Fourth of July Butterfly Counts
By Tom Gagnon
17
Great Summer Finds, 2007 23

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Issue Number 30 - Spring 2008
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Growing Jewels - Managing for Harris' Checkerspot and other Lepidoptera
by Martha Gach
2
A Species to Watch - Harris Checkerspot
by Sharon Stichter
13
2007 Season Summary and Records
By Erik Nielsen
20
Mowing at Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge
By Janis LaPointe
42
Education and Conservation
By Madeline Champagne

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Issue Number 31 - Fall 2008
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An Inconvenient Moth: The Winter Moth Invades New England
by George Boettner
2
New Discoveries in Rhode Island
by July Lewis
12
2008 NABA Butterfly Counts
By Tom Gagnon
15
Great Summer Finds, 2008 24
In Memoriam - Barbara J. Walker 30

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Issue Number 32 - Spring 2009
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Land Stewardship and Butterfly Conservation
  at Weir Hill, North Andover
by Russell Hopping
3
Recent Research on the Frosted Elfin
by Gene Albanese
12
Frosted Elfin and Wild Lupine: Habitat Restoration
  and Enhancement at Turners Falls Airport
By Mark Fairbrother
17
2008 Season Summary and Records
By Erik Nielsen
20
A New Non-native Butterfly in Quebec 44

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Issue Number 33 - Fall 2009
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Thoreau's Butterflies
by Sharon Stichter
3
Searching for the Dion Skipper
by Sharon Stichter
11
2009 NABA Butterfly Counts
By Tom Gagnon
17
The 2009 Barbara Walker Butterfly Festival 25
From the President
By Bill Benner
31

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Issue Number 34 - Spring 2010
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Massachusetts Rarities
    by Bill Benner
2
Butterfly 'Highs' through an Artist's Eye:
  Observations on Raising Two Gregarious Species
    by Nan Wilson
20
2009 Season Summary and Records
    by Erik Nielsen
29

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Issue Number 35 - Fall 2010
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Hawaiian Butterflies
    by Steve Moore
3
A New Guide to Massachusetts Butterflies
    by Sharon Stichter
8
Out in the Field! Field Trip Photos, 2010 13
Bronze Copper Host Plant
    photos by Mark Rainey
16
2010 NABA Butterfly Counts
    by Tom Gagnon
18
Raising Pipevine Swallowtails
    by Betsy Higgins
25
A Saturniid Breeding Aid
    by Don Adams
30
Club News: Volunteer Opportunities
36

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Issue Number 36 - Spring 2011
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The Club Website --- Thoughts and Thanks from
                Your Erstwhile Webmaster
    by Dale Rhoda
3
The Worthington 'Canola Whites'
    by Barbara Spencer
14
Cherry Gall Azures - A Photo Essay
    by Mark Rainey
19
2010 Season Summary and Records
    by Erik Nielsen
23
Egg Stories
    by Sharon Stichter
43

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Issue Number 37 - Fall 2011
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Nantucket Butterflies
    by Eric LoPresti
2
Henry's Elfin Adopts a New Host Plant
    by Sharon Stichter
10
2011 NABA Butterfly Counts
    by Tom Gagnon
14
Great Summer Finds 2011 22
Rearing the Giant Swallowtail
    by Bill Benner
32
My Dear Friends,
        Massachusetts Butterfly Club Members #2 and #3
    by Brian Cassie
35

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Issue Number 38 - Spring 2012
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Sex and the Single Butterfly
    by Frank Model
2
MCZ Butterfly Collection Online
    by Rod Eastwood
10
2011 Season Summary and Records
    by Mark Fairbrother
14
2011 MBC Donors and Volunteers 31
Edna Dunbar: A Remembrance
    by Tom Tyning
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Issue Number 39 - Fall 2012
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A Native Butterfly Confronts Exotic Plants and Parasitoids
    by Frances S. Chew, Roy G. Van Driesche
                                 and Richard A. Casagrande
2
2012 NABA Butterfly Counts
    by Tom Gagnon
8
Highlights from the 2012 Season
    by Sharon Stichter
15
Review: Rare and Declining Butterflies and Moths
    by Bo Zaremba
31

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Issue Number 40 - Spring 2013
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From the Editor
        by Bill Benner
2
2012 - A Butterfly Year to Remember
        by Brian Cassie
3
2012 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
14
Maine's Clayton's Copper
        by Steve Moore
37
2012 MBC Donors and Volunteers
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Issue Number 41 - Fall 2013
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From the Editor
        by Bill Benner
2
Zabulous Summers
        by Karen Parker
3
Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Review
        by Don Adams
7
2013 4th of July Counts Summary and Records
        by Tom Gagnon
10
Butterfly Gardening 101: Western Massachusetts
        by Bill Benner & Joe Wicinski
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Issue Number 42 - Spring 2014
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From the Editor
        by Bill Benner
2
Berkshire Butterflying - The Best is Yet to Come
        by Tom Tyning
3
2013 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
10
Frosted Elfin Flights in Foxboro
        by Madeline Champagne
26
Observations While Raising Monarch Butteries
        by Carol Duke
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Issue Number 43 - Fall 2014
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Some Unique New Brunswick and Maine Butterflies - July 2014
        by Steve Moore
2
2014 Fourth of July Counts
        by Tom Gagnon
5
Stalking the Wild American Copper -
                Take Your Best Shot:
                        Butterfly Photography in the Digital Age
        by Howard Hoople
23
Massachusetts Butterflying Destination:
                North Quabbin-Tully Dam and Surrounding Bogs
        by Sue and Ron Cloutier and Dave Small
31

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Issue Number 44 - Spring 2015
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From the President
        by Howard Hoople
2
Book Review - Butterflies of Massachusetts: Their History and Future, by Sharon Stichter
        by Bill Benner
3
Remembering Barbara Spencer
        by Elise Barry, Sue Cloutier, and Betsy Higgins
4
A fresh take on the issue concerning butterfly watching,
   avocational lepidopterology, and hobby collecting.
        by Harry Pavulaan
6
2014 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
23
2014 Donor - Volunteers
        by Elise Barry
40

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Issue Number 45 - Fall 2015
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Butterflies of Massachusetts
        by Brian Cassie
2
Massachusetts Butterflying Destination:
  Breakneck Hill Conservation Land
        by Dawn Puliafico
7
2015 NABA Butterfly Counts
        by Tom Gagnon
12
Getting to Know and Raise Giant Swallowtails
        by Carol Duke
26
Remembering Bob Bowker
        by Leslie Stillwell, et al.
36

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Issue Number 46 - Spring 2016
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Butterflies of Massachusetts
        by Tom Gagnon
2
A Colony of Baltimore Checkerspots
        by Don Adams
5
2015 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
14
Early and Late Sightings -- An Update
        by Sharon Stichter
38
Banana Bait Feeder
        by Richard W. Hildreth
49
2015 Donor - Volunteers
        by Elise Barry
52

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Issue Number 47 - Fall 2016
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2016 NABA Butterfly Counts
        by Tom Gagnon
2
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of NABA-
  Massachusetts Butterfly Club
        by Club Members
10
Baltimore Checkerspot Airport Bonanza
        by Tor Hansen
24
Last Sightings 2015 - Some Corrections
        by Sharon Stichter
28

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Issue Number 48 - Spring 2017
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2017 Club Project - Hessel's Hairstreak
        by Michael Newton and Mike Nelson
2
The Butterfliers of Massachusetts
        by Steve Moore and Barbara Volkle
5
2015 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
10
2016 Donor - Volunteers
        by Elise Barry
36

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Issue Number 49 - Fall 2017
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2017 NABA Butterfly Counts
        by Tom Gagnon
2
A Butterfly Quest
        by Sue Cloutier
15
Chasing Butterflies in San Diego County, CA
        by Garry Kessler
17
Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly Colony at
Lakeview-Morse Conservation Area, Sharon, MA
        by Madeline Champagne
20
In Memoriam: Jane Vicroy Scott
24

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Issue Number 50 - Spring 2018
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The Butterfliers of Massachusetts
        by Matt Pelikan
2
Graves Farm Mass Audubon Sanctuary
        by Bill Benner
7
2017 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
12
Andover's Traffic Island Gardens
        by Kristina Trott
21
2017 Donor - Volunteers
        by Elise Barry
36

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Issue Number 51 - Fall 2018
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The Butterfly Seeker: Hike Expectations versus Reality
        by Danielle Desmarais
2
Ode to a Butterfly
        by Sheri Walters
9
4th of July Counts for 2018
        by Tom Gagnon
10
Montreal Butterfly Trip - July 20-22, 2018
        by Steve Moore
17
Massachusett Butterfly Adventures
        by Sue Cloutier
25

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Issue Number 52 - Spring 2019
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Arnold Arboretum
        by Lucy Merrill-Hills
2
2018 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
7
California and Oregon Butterfly Trip
        by Steve Moore
38
2018 Donor - Volunteers
        by Elise Barry
48

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Issue Number 53 - Fall 2019
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Horn Pond Mountain, Woburn, MA
        by Howard Hoople
2
Remembrances of Marilyn Lovell
        by Brian Cassie et al.
5
Butterfliers of Massachusetts
        by Tom Tyning
10
4th of July Counts for 2019
        by Tom Gagnon, et al.
18
Frosted Elfin-Wild Indigo Duskywing Conservation Project in Foxboro
        by Brian Cassie
28

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Issue Number 54 - Spring 2020
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2019 Flight of Cloudless Sulphurs in Massachusetts
        by Brian Cassie
2
"Snoutbreak" 2019
        by Bill Benner
5
2019 Season Summary and Records
        by Mark Fairbrother
9
2019 Donor - Volunteers
        by Elise Barry
43

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Issue Number 55 - Fall 2020
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4th of July Counts for 2020
        by Tom Gagnon, et al.
2
Butterflying in the Age of COVID
        by NABA-Massachusetts Butterfly Club members
11
Italy Trip 2018
        by Bill Callahan
21
Buzzard's Bay Journal - Autumn 2019
        by Brian Cassie
24
Remembering Ron Cloutier
        by Sue Cloutier
32

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Issue Number 56 - Spring 2021
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'Thirty for Thirty': NABA-Massachusetts Butterfly Club's
   30th Anniversary Volunteer Challenge
        Brian Cassie, Martha Gach, Bill Benner
2
2021 Search for Acadian Hairstreaks
        Garry Kessler
5
2020 Season Summary and Records
        Mark Fairbrother
7
Frosted Elfins/Wild Indigo Duskywing Fields in Foxboro:
   Our Thanks for the Help
        Brian Cassie
20
Moving a Monarch Chrysalis
        Don Adams
42
2020 Donor - Volunteers
        Elise Barry
43

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Issue Number 57 - Fall 2021
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2021 4th of July Counts
        Karl Barry & Bill Benner
2
Remembering Bill Callahan
        Nancy Callahan and the Callahan Family
11
Costa Rica Butterfly Bonanza June 2021
        Frank Model
13
Blues, Baltimores, and Quaking Bogs
        Bart Jones
21
Thirty for Thirty
        NABA-Massachusetts Butterfly Club members
26
Butterfliers of Massachusetts: Tom Murray
        Brian Cassie and Tom Murray
33

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Issue Number 58 - Spring 2022
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The Butterfly Seeker Part 1 -
   An Unexpected Guide: Assistance from Above
        Danielle Desmarais
2
The Butterfly Seeker Part 2 -
   The 1988 Crew
        Danielle Desmarais
4
2021 Season Summary and Records
        Mark Fairbrother
7
Beech Trees Host Harbinger Mourning Cloaks
        Tor Hansen
36
2021 Donor - Volunteers
        Elise Barry
40

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Issue Number 59 - Fall 2022
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Mothball 2022
        Dave Small
2
Pretty in Pink
        Sue Cloutier
3
Arlington Butterfly Garden
        Lisa Wolfe and Peter Loshin
5
Remembering Bruce Callahan
        Massachusetts Butterfly Club
10
Dave - A.S.S.
        Nan Wilson
12
2022 4th of July Counts
        Bill Benner and Karl Barry
17
Ho Hum, just another Zabulon Skipper
        Tom Murray
28

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Issue Number 60 - Spring 2023
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Wild Privet is Host to Surprising Lep Diversity
        Tor Hansen
2
The Butterfliers of Massachusetts
        Richard W. Hildreth
5
2022 Season Summary and Records
        Mark Fairbrother
7
Camouflage
        Nan Wilson
22
Black Swallowtail Chrysalis on Stick
        Linda Graetz
39
Checking Milkweed for Monarch Eggs and Caterpillars
        Sally Spooner
40
2022 Donor - Volunteers
        Elise Barry
44
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