Events

Lunch & Learn Butterflies

Time: Every other Wednesday 12 – 12:45 pm

Get ready for a new year of butterflies with the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas (VBA)! The VBA is an effort to document all the butterfly species in the state with the help of enthusiastic volunteers like you. Join VCE’s butterfly team online every other Wednesday for a 30 minute deep dive into interesting butterfly topics ranging from resolving difficult IDs to the best techniques to find elusive caterpillars. Build your skills and get excited to butterfly! All butterfly experience and skill levels welcome.

Butterfly Trends & Duskywing ID Tips

Join Vermont Center for Ecostudies community science coordinator Dana Williams for a look at the state of butterflies in the US, the accomplishments of the VBA in year 3, and get some ID tips on our difficult Duskywings of Vermont. Register here »

Finding Host Plants & Caterpillars

Join Vermont Center for Ecostudies staff biologist Amber Jones to learn about the VBA, butterfly host plants, and how to find caterpillars in the field. Register here »

Nectaring Butterflies

Join Vermont Center for Ecostudies staff biologist Amber Jones to learn about the VBA and explore the nectaring plants that support our butterflies. Register here »

Butterflying by Habitat

Join Vermont Center for Ecostudies conservation biologist Kent McFarland to learn how you can use habitats to find your target butterflies for the VBA. Register here »

Beyond Butterfly Basics: Tiger ID

Join Vermont Center for Ecostudies conservation biologist Kent McFarland to learn about the VBA and puzzle through IDing Vermont’s three Tiger Swallowtail species. Register here »

2026 Butterfly Blitzes

Looking to get out and meet other butterfliers? Join VCE staff in the field for a fun, collaborative day of looking for butterflies! Participants and staff will meet near a cluster of unadopted priority blocks and then split into teams to survey for as many butterflies as possible during a 4 hour window. At the end of the day, we'll come back together to celebrate our findings and head to a local restaurant for an (optional) meal.

Whether you’re a seasoned butterfly enthusiast or a total beginner, we’re going to have a fantastic day putting new areas on the map for the Vermont Butterfly Atlas. Events will be 4+ hours but you do not need to stay for the whole time.

Current event areas: Morgan, Brunswick, Grafton, Middlebury, Northfield & Berlin, Mount Holly, Jay Peak.

Keep an eye here for details & registration coming soon!

WEBINAR: An Introduction to the eButterfly Website and Mobile App

Do you want to learn more about how to use eButterfly? Join Dr. Rodrigo Solis Sosa, our Human Network and Data Coordinator at eButterfly, as he explains how to use eButterfly in this webinar and ask him all your burning questions. Watch at YouTube »

WEBINAR: Introduction to the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas

We take a peek at Vermont's first Butterfly Atlas and an introduction to the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas. Attendees can expect to learn about what new butterfly species have been discovered since the first atlas, what new technologies have made butterflying even more fun and easy, and how to search and adopt atlas blocks. Watch on YouTube »