New Jersey Butterfly Club
A chapter of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
NJ Butterflies
Identification and life history information for every species found in the state.
NJ Butterfly Sites
Information on where and when to look for butterflies in NJ.
Events
Upcoming meetings, field trips, and other events.
Announcements
Cape May field trip - CANCELLED:
The Weather Gods have done it again. Not satisfied with torpedoing our trip to Cape May this spring, after an extended period of nearly perfect weather, they have decided to conjure up a coastal storm timed to arrive exactly as our trip was to begin. As fans of the NY Giants are used to saying: "Better Luck Next Year".
Our Next Meeting
- Presenting - Member's Night!
- Speaker - Club Photographers
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024 – 6:30 PM
- NOTE: New start time and that this is the 2nd Tuesday of the month
- Location - Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ and via Zoom
Full details are found on our Upcoming Events page.
Register Here regardless of whether you will attend in-person or on Zoom.
Our Next Field Trip
Cape May
Cancelled!
- Date: SEPTEMBER 18 and 19 (Wednesday and Thursday)
- Location: Various locations around the Cape
- Leaders: Colleagues from the Cape area
This always-popular getaway to the Cape is the capstone to our butterfly season. Now that specific dates have been determined it would be wise to immediately arrange for lodging/camping.
Members and guests are asked to meet near the hawk-watch platform at the far end of the parking lot at Cape May Point State Park (where indoor bathrooms are available) at 9:00 on the 18th. We will walk some of the trails through the park with some of our South Jersey colleagues and eat lunch under a pavilion overlooking the water. With the advice of local butterfliers we will decide during lunch where to go in the afternoon and develop a game plan for the next day.
On one late afternoon and evening (to be decided) we have been invited to the lovely home of Teresa and Jim Knipper in Cape May city for a "pot luck" dinner. Those of you who were at their home last year know what a memorable occasion it was, as we walked through their pollinator garden and conferred, consulted, and otherwise hobnobbed with our friends from South Jersey and enjoyed great food on their veranda overlooking the ocean.
Some attendees may wish to come a day earlier and/or stay a day later to butterfly and bird at this premier place for naturalists.
We hope to see many of you there.
Refer to our Complete List of Trips to see all our outings and information about how our trips are conducted. Check back often as details change as the season progresses. Please join us.
Butterflies You Might See This Month
It's a beautiful day - time to go butterflying. Wondering what you might see here in New Jersey this time of year?
Stories About Butterflies
Great Events in NJ Butterfly History: by Sharon and Wade Wander
The kick-off submission chronicles the amazing congregation of hairstreaks at the Whittingham Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Fredon Twp., Sussex County, on June 22, 2015. Read it here.
Butterflies in the News
8/5/24: "USFWS Proposes Endangered Species Act Protections for Both Subspecies of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly". Read it here.
Earlier Butterflies in the News articles on a variety of butterfly related subjects from various sources are available.
