Butterfly Counts and Events

Bruce County Butterfly Count - Saturday, July 28th, 2001

The Bruce Peninsula Butterfly Count will be held on Saturday, July 28th. First held in 2000, this count is one of the many North American Butterfly Association (NABA) counts held across Canada and the U.S. each year. The count circle is centred on the west outflow of Crane Lake on the northern Bruce Peninsula and includes Cabot Head Provincial Nature Reserve, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Dorcas Bay, Miller Lake and Cape Chin.

Participants enjoyed a warm, sunny day last year as they located 32 species: Cabbage white, Mustard white, Clouded sulphur, Orange sulphur, Dorcas copper, Coral hairstreak, Eastern tailed blue, Great spangled fritillary, Atlantis fritillary, Aphrodite fritillary, Pearl crescent, Northern crescent, Question mark, Eastern comma, Gray comma, Mourning cloak, Red admiral, Painted lady, Monarch, Northern pearly eye, Appalachian brown, Eyed brown, Little wood satyr, Common wood nymph, Delaware skipper, European skipper, Long dash skipper, Northern broken dash, Dreamy duskywing, Peck's skipper, Tawny edged skipper, and Dun skipper.

Anyone interested in participating this year can contact Cindy Cartwright pom@bmts.com or meet us at 10 a.m. at the junction of highway 6 and Dyer's Bay Road, just north of Miller Lake. Bring your butterfly net, ziplock top sandwich bags, butterfly book and enthusiasm. Lunch is on your own - brown bag or there are several restaurants in the area. NABA fee is $5.00 We will end the day at Singing Sands with swimming (for anyone interested) and a barbecue, compliments of Bruce Peninsula National Park.

Cindy Cartwright
Saugeen Shores
pom@bmts.com

TEA Members and Friends,

This weekend is a busy one for Insect Counts. On Saturday July 14 there are Butterfly Counts in Toronto, Rondeau, Haliburton and Hog Island, and on Sunday July 15 there is one in Clear Creek.

To participate in the Toronto Centre Butterfly Count contact John Carley at 416-766-1330 carley.la@sympatico.ca

Also on Saturday Bob Bowles will be holding the Carden Plain Odonata Count. If you would like to join us searching out the dragonflies and damselflies of Carden, contact Bob Bowles at 705-325-3149 bowles@bconnex.net

Carolyn King
Toronto Entomologists' Association

TEA members & friends,

Those of you in the Niagara area may be interested in this talk on Butterflies and Moths by Dr. David Cooper of the Buffalo Entomological Society on April 16 in Stevensville for the Bert Miller Nature Club. There is a small charge for non-members.

Additional documentaion in MS Word format can be
found at Bert Miller File (475KB)

For any further information contact Rob Eberly at (905)-894-5850, or eberly@inter-pc.com

Carolyn King
Toronto Entomologists' Association
cking@yorku.ca

I have just been informed that Sue Halpern, author of the forthcoming book "Four Wings and A Prayer" will be doing a book signing and talk at Ontario's newest butterfly conservatory, "Wings of Paradise", on Sunday, May 6th. For information about the conservatory, go to: www.wingsofparadise.com. As I receive more information, I will post it.

Don Davis
Toronto, ON
Donald_Davis@stu.wdw.utoronto.ca

I wanted to let you know that "Wings of Paradise" opened on January 27^th here in Ontario. John Powers is a former police officer and a very successful entrepreneur. He has studied butterflies for 40 years and built up an internationally renowned collection of insects and butterflies that toured around malls and other areas in the province ("Flying Jewels"). John's dream was to build and create an indoor and outdoor butterfly environment where visitors could see and learn about live butterflies. He put together a business package and raised $3.5 million to build Wings of Paradise. John is curator. Located on 117 acres, it has a 10,000 square-foot butterfly house and 15,000 feet of display rooms, classrooms, a cafe and gift shop. In the glass domed conservatory, some 2000 butterflies of 30 or more species fly.

John has a strong interest in the monarch butterfly and holds a Monarch Day in the fall (see website for details. click on the monarch butterfly). He once tagged a few monarchs using my old Urquhart-type tags and had a recovery from Mississippi. He might be interested in promoting The Monarch Watch programs, merchandise, etc. John sells some beautiful monarch butterfly sweat and t-shirts.

Wings of Paradise is located about 85 miles west of Toronto at Cambridge, and is open 7 days a week from 10 am to 5 pm. The website is www.wingsofparadise.com. The e-mail address is: info@wingsofparadise.com. Phone number is (519) 653-1234.

John holds a Guinness record for finding the largest owlet moth.

An article on the conservatory appeared on Feb. 14th, on page 45 of The Toronto Sun.

Don Davis
Toronto, ON
Donald_Davis@stu.wdw.utoronto.ca

Toronto Entomologists' Association

Mission Statement: The Toronto Entomologists' Association (T.E.A.) is a non-profit educational and scientific organization formed to promote interest in insects, to encourage co-operation among amateur and professional entomologists, to educate and inform non-entomologists about insects, entomology and related fields, to aid in the preservation of insects and their habitats and to issue publications in support of these objectives. All our meetings are open to the public. Please join us!

January 27, 2001
Butterflies of Costa Rica with Richard Tanner at Northrop Frye Hall, Victoria University at University of Toronto, Room 119, 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto. Museum subway stop; opposite the Royal Ontario Museum, on the east side.

February 24, 2001
Biological Control of Dutch Elm with Dr. Martin Hubbes, University of Toronto at Northrop Frye Hall, Victoria University at University of Toronto, Room 119, 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto Canada. Museum subway stop; opposite the Royal Ontario Museum, on the east side.

March 24, 2001
T.E.A. Student Symposium at Northrop Frye Hall, Victoria University at University of Toronto, Room 119, 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto Canada. Museum subway stop; opposite the Royal Ontario Museum, on the east side

April 28, 2001
Love at 4 A.M. – Life of the Cecropia Moth with William Randall at Northrop Frye Hall, Victoria University at University of Toronto, Room 119, 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto Canada. Museum subway stop; opposite the Royal Ontario Museum, on the east side.

Membership Information - Annual dues are as follows:Individual-$20; Student-$10; Family-$25 Publications received as part of a T.E.A. membership include:-3 issues of Ontario Insects per year; annual Ontario Lepidoptera Summary; discounts on sales of other publications Please contact the treasurer Alan.J. Hanks at: a.hanks@aci.on.ca

Hi Gord;

The Pelee Island butterfly count will be held on Sat. Aug. 5 and the new Pelee Island dragonfly count will be held on Sun. Aug. 6 this year.

Bob Bowles
bowles@bconnex.net

Hi Gord,

The first annual Cabot Head Butterfly count will be held July 29. Participants should meet at the junction of hwy.6 and Dyers Bay road at 10 a.m. Bring a net, and either lunch or plan to eat out.

Anyone needing more information can contact me after July 23rd at 389-2585.

Cindy Cartwright
pom@bmts.com

Hello Everyone,
First a new Butterfly Count listing:

Sunday July 9
HALIBURTON BUTTERFLY COUNT
Contact is Ed Poropat (705)457-3018 edporopat@halhinet.on.ca

Now some book news:

A World for Butterflies
- Phil Schappert
- you can get autographed copies from Phil www.aworldforbutterflies.com (cost is $35 USD ($25 plus $1.60 for packaging and $8.40 for 4-7 day delivery shipping).
- I have ordered extra copies from Chapters on-line and plan to have them available et TEA meetings

Papillons du Quebec
- Louis Handfield
As well as the Scientific Version covered by the flyer which came with your Ontario Insects, there is a softcover Popular Edition. The $90. hardcover edition is about 3 inches thick and has the 122 plates loose in a pocket. The $50. softcover is still a hefty book, but has the plates bound in. It covers all the butterflies, including strays like the Peacock (!?) and over 1300 moths, with photographs showing species variations.

I've ordered extra copies from www.indigo.ca at a 10% discount so I can pass them on to members. A good deal at $38.50, even if it is in French!

Dragonflies Through Binoculars
- Sidney W. Dunkle
I have received varying reports about the status of this eagerly-awaited book. It is listed on www.chapters.ca at 20% off, but the general consensus is that it will not be available until the end of July. I ordered several anyway and hope to have it and the Dragonflies of Wisconsin at TEA meetings.

I hope you have a great long weekend, Counting butterflies or just enjoying them

Carolyn King
Toronto Entomologists' Association
cking@yorku.ca

p.s. If you are in the Toronto area and have a supply of Pearly Everlasting, perhaps you could provide a home to some American Lady caterpillars who are rapidly running out of food!

Hello Everyone,

We have a lot of entomological events coming up. See Ontario Insects for details.

Saturday
June 24
TEA MOTH NIGHT AT THE LESLIE STREET SPIT
There are still some spaces available, but if you want to go you must phone Paul at 416-261-6272 by Friday night.

On the same day there are Butterfly Counts at Pinery Provincial Park, Misery Bay (Manitoulin Is.) and South River, also an Odonata Count in Algonquin Park.

Sunday
June 25
Oshawa Butterfly Count
Contact James Kamstra jkamstra@gartnerlee.com 905-985-4497

The Holiday Weekend will be a busy one, with Butterfly Counts: Saturday July 1 - Orillia, Algonquin Park and Lake Dore Sunday July 2 - Sunderland (north of Port Perry)

Monday July 3 - TEA TORONTO EAST BUTTERFLY COUNT
We will be surveying the Don and Rouge Valleys; even a half a day of your time is helpful. This is a NABA count, but the TEA pays your fee! Please call Tom Mason at 905-839-6764 or Nancy van der Poorten at 416-466-9013 or nmg.vanderpoorten@sympatico.ca

NEW LISTING:
Killarney Provincial Park Butterfly Count Saturday July 8 (Randall: July 9) All are welcome. We can arrange camping for you and there's a BBQ dinner at the end of the day. Please contact Kim at 705-287-2891 or frykim@hotmail.com

There are Butterfly Counts the same day at Long Point, McGregor Point (Bruce County) and Windsor.

And don't forget our all-day TEA outing to the Urquhart Garden, Wainfleet Bog and Fort Erie (moths), also on July 8.

Hope to see you there.

Carolyn King
Toronto Entomologists' Association
cking@yorku.ca

Hi Gord,
I thought you might be interested in some of the events we're holding. I send notices and reminders from time to time, and I can put you on my e-mail list. This one is pretty short notice, I'm afraid. There are a lot of things going on this summer. Perhaps I'll see you at one of them.

Carolyn King
Toronto Entomologists' Association

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HEBER DOWN MOTH NIGHT
Saturday June 17
Start time: 9 p.m.
Directions to Heber Down Conservation Area:
Take Hwy. 401 to Brock Street (Hwy. 12) in Whitby. Follow north through Whitby to Taunton Road (Durham 4). Turn left (west) follow for about 1.5 km to Country Lane. Turn right (north) and follow to T-junction. Turn right (east) and follow to end where we will meet in the small parking lot.

If it's a calm humid warm night, we should expect to see a good assortment of sphingids, as well as noctuids, geometrids, numerous micros and if we are lucky, some saturnids. Bring flashlights, guides, nets, insect containers, moth lights/traps if you have them. For more info contact James Kamstra jkamstra@gartnerlee.com (905) 985-4497

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A reminder that the CARDEN PLAINS BUTTERFLY COUNT is also June 17
and due north of Heber Down. Paul McGaw and I saw our first roadside 
skipper there last Saturday and we plan to attend both events.
For information contact Bob Bowles  (705) 325-3149
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Carolyn King
cking@yorku.ca

The first annual South River Butterfly Count will be held on Saturday June 24th and will be centered in South River. Anyone interested in participating is welcome and can e-mail Martin at work for details.

Martin and Kathy Parker
southrive@onlink.net