MBC President & Meeting Host, Carl Kamp
Follow that butterfly!
Tom Gagnon leads a foggy walk at Mt. Greylock
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The suboptimal butterflying weather did not dampen our spirits.
The paparazzi surround a single Pepper and Salt Skipper at Tom's Swamp.
Some trip leaders let their groups actually stop for lunch...
No cushy lunch breaks for Bill Benner's group...
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A rare moment of sunshine at Myles Standish State Forest
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Tom Gagnon may walk softly, but he carries a big stick...
A bad day butterflying is better than a good day in the office...
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Dolores Price searching for the elusive Hessel's Hairstreak
Dale Rhoda & Barbara Walker literally beat the bushes (okay, bumped the bushes)
until they
found a single Hessel's Hairstreak beside the Ponkapoag Boardwalk.
Kathy Malone in the field
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This Early Hairstreak was found in the road, barely alive, at Mt. Greylock...
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Fortunately, Dave Small is certified in mouth-to-proboscis resuscitation!
In addition to butterflies, the meeting attendees saw some terrific flowers, amphibians, birds, and caterpillars.
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Here is a Limenitis larva
The Red Eft is the land stage of the Red-Spotted Newt.
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Yellow Lady's Slipper - Cypripedium calceolus
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Single flower cancer root - Orobanche uniflora
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Pink Azelea Buds
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