 | 2005 Mercer Butterfly Count |
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Frank Bader The 2005 Mercer Butterfly Count, sponsored by WCAS, will be held on Sunday July 3. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at either frank.bader@verizon.net or (609) 279-0881. Please give me some indication of your experience and skill in identifying butterflies, including skippers (the LBJ's of the butterfly world) so he can match beginners and novices with more experienced butterfliers. Summary of Previous CountsLast year, the count was held on June 20 and had 16 participants, the same number as in our first count last year. A total of 40 species and 4998 individuals were found (compared to 33 species and 3133 individuals in 2003).The count was a month earlier than the 2003 count- June 20 as compared to July 19. Species new to the count were American Copper, Coral Hairstreak, Banded Hairstreak, Red-Banded Hairstreak, Painted Lady, Hackberry Emperor, European Skipper, Peck's Skipper, Tawny-edged Skipper and Delaware Skipper. Seen last year but not this year were Viceroy, Horace's Duskywing & Sachem. Mercer Count 2003 had the nation's high count of Pearl Crescents - 689! 
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