Posts About Latest Discoveries
Shortnose Sturgeon confirmed in Vermont for first time in decades
For years, reports have come in from southern Vermont of potential sightings of a prehistoric fish called Shortnose Sturgeon. The species is covered with bumpy ridges, can grow nearly the length of a bathtub. But no sightings of the federally endangered fish had been confirmed, until this summer.
Zabulon Skipper Discovered in Vermont
It took less than a month for Terri Armata, one of our star butterfly atlas volunteers, to find and document the 119th butterfly species for Vermont and her 4th state record, a Zabulon Skipper (Lon zabulon).
Sachem Skipper is the Latest New Butterfly Species Recorded for Vermont
Terri Armata, one of Vermont’s most ardent butterfly watchers, has done it yet again, recording her third state record butterfly! She found a vagrant Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes huron) in Wilmington, Vermont while surveying butterflies for the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas.
New Moth Species Recorded for Vermont
A new moth species for the state, Hops Anglewing (Niphonyx segregata) was photographed during the Vermont Moth Blitz week and shared to our iNaturalist project.
By a Stream in Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago
The State of Vermont announced last month that a plant thought to be locally extinct — False Mermaid-weed — had been found through a chain of events that seemed stolen from a fairy tale.
Bumblebee Photographed in Backyard is a New Species for Vermont
It took a photo, a drawing, a naturalist’s boundless curiosity, and bee experts from across the nation for Vermont to claim a new bumblebee species for the state last week.
New Native Bee Species Discovered for Vermont
A mystery red bee visiting an uncommon willow tree in bloom becomes Vermont’s latest native bee species discovery by biologist Spencer Hardy.
After Two Decades of Searching a Rare Butterfly is Discovered during the Vermont Butterfly Atlas
A rare and elusive butterfly has been discovered for the first time in Vermont, flying this spring at one of the state’s protected natural areas. Bog Elfin, patterned in brown and rust, and no bigger than a penny, had eluded detection in the state until one flew past a Vermont field biologist who had been searching for it for two decades.
New Butterfly Species Recorded for Vermont on iNaturalist
In October iNaturalist user James McNamara photographed a European Peacock Butterfly in a garden and reported it the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist marking the first state record for this species.
Alpine Plant Believed Locally Extinct in Vermont Since 1908 Rediscovered
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announced on Tuesday that the purple crowberry (Empetrum atropurpureum), a diminutive alpine shrub last documented in Vermont in 1908, has been rediscovered on Mt. Mansfield.
