Saturday, March 20, 2010

Butterfly Presentation in DeLand, Florida, March 27

Chere Clark, AFB butterfly farmer, is talking about butterflies at the festival in DeLand, Florida.

If you're in the area on March 27, please consider attending!

http://www.news-journalonline.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/2010/03/20/plan-to-go-wild-at-garden-festival-in-deland.html

Chere Clark is a member of the Association for Butterflies. http://www.forbutterflies.org/

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A rare butterfly takes flight on the Palos Verdes Peninsula by Michael Finnegan

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-butterfly7-2010mar07,0,884221.story
Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com/

"A rare butterfly takes flight on the Palos Verdes Peninsula"


"Conservationists watch in awe as 80 endangered Palos Verdes blue butterflies, each bred in captivity, venture into the wild for the first time. It's a step toward saving the insect from extinction.

By Michael Finnegan

March 7 2010

A rare blue butterfly took flight Saturday morning on a wind-swept bluff of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Then another. And then another."

Please click on the above link for the rest of this wonderful article.