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Butterflies & Books

July 16, 2017

Date/Time
Date(s) - Jul 16th, 2017
10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Location
Bullitt Reservation


What does an Eastern Tailed-blue, a Baltimore Checkerspot, and a Red Admiral have in common? They are all butterflies that can be found in the beautiful fields of the Bullitt Reservation in July!

A yellow and black butterfly resting with wings open on a pink flower
Photo by Bill Madden

Join librarian Mike Kelly and local naturalist John Body on July 16th at 10:30 at the Bullitt Reservation. We will first view Lepidoptera (butterfly) and entomological (insect) books from Amherst College’s rare book collection, then we will hit the trail in search of some of the creatures we saw in the books!

Registration is required, as space is limited to 20 people. To register, send an email to hltoutreach@thetrustees.org or call 413-628-4485, ext 4.

$10 for members of Hilltown Land Trust or The Trustees
$15 for nonmembers

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