January 14, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Location: Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park (Upstairs Canopy Room).

Topic: General Meeting

This will be an open topic/general discussion meeting, so feel free to bring any specimens, photos, articles or questions to share with other members. We'll also be discussing the locations of the upcoming field trips for 2012.

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge..

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

February 18, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (Upstairs Canopy room)

Topic: Annual Seed Exchange

Bring seeds of your favorite butterfly nectar and host plants to swap and share with others. A great way to find out about new plants for your butterfly garden. Don't have any seeds to share? Come to the meeting anyway -- there's always plenty to go around. There will be a Powerpoint presentation about many of the seeds that are being offered and afterward we'll go to the greenhouses where Director of Horticulture, Randy Johnson, will show us the proper way to sow seeds of various plants and how to transplant the young seedlings.

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Tropical Milkweed

March 17, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: TBA

Topic: First Field Trip of Season

Henry's Elfin (Callophrys henrici)

April 14, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: To Be Announced

Topic: Field Trip

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)

May 5, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: LBJ Grasslands in Wise County (north of Decatur)

Always one of our more popular field trips. The wildlflowers will be in full bloom and butterflies should be abundant. Some of the species we can expect to see: Eastern Black Swallowtail, Giant Swallowtail, Southern Dogface, Orange Sulphur, Banded Hairstreak, Southern Hairstreak, Variegated Fritillary, Question Mark, Mourning Cloak, Red Spotted Purple, Northern, Southern and Confused Cloudywings. If we're lucky, we might also find Arizona Sister and Striped Hairstreak.

Directions: To be posted soon.

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

May 12, 2012

Texas Discovery Gardens Butterfly Plant Sale: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Location: 3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd inside Fair Park (greenhouse parking lot)

THE plant sale to hit every year. Many unusual, hard to find, native plants that act as host and nectar plants for our area butterflies and moths. Among the many plants not offered anywhere else are native milkweeds, false nettles, Hop Ash and Prickly Ash trees, and many more. If you're a member of Texas Discovery Gardens there is a members preview on May 11th. For more details go to TDG's website.

Native Antelope Horns Milkweed (Asclepias asperula)

June 2, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: Norbuck Park (Mockingbird Lane/Buckner Blvd. and Northwest Hwy.)

Wilflowers should still be plentiful at this Blackland Prairie remnant. We should easily find 20+ species, including our four resident swallowtails, Orange Sulphurs, Southern Dogface, Reakirt's Blue, Great Purple Hairstreak, Gulf Fritillary, Common Buckeye, Gray Hairstreak, Fiery Skipper, Sachem and many others.

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)

July 14, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: To Be Announced

Topic: Field Trip

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)

August 11, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: To Be Announced

Topic: Field Trip

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)

September 8, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: To Be Announced

Topic: Field Trip

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)

October 13, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: Butterflies Unlimited Butterfly Farm, Glenn Heights, TX

Located in southern Dallas county, Butterflies Unlimited butterfly farm supplies live butterflies to exhibits all across the country. Come tour the greenhouses and see thousands of caterpillars and see how pupae are harvested, packaged and shipped. You'll also be able to walk through the flight cage and see many different species of live butterflies in free flight. The gardens surrounding the greenhouses and flight cage are planted to bring in native butterflies (over 100 different species have been recorded on the property so far) and hopefully you'll get some ideas about plants you'd like to add to your own garden. You can also look at Dale Clark's butterfly and moth collection, featuring thousands of specimens from around the world. Butterflies Unlimited is not normally open to visitors, so this is the only time during the year that the doors are opened to the public..

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Directions: Will be posted later.

Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)

November 10, 2012

Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Location: Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (Upstairs Canopy room)

Topic: The Butterfly Year in Review

A program on what the year brought in the way of butterflies and moths. Members are encouraged to bring specimens, photos, etc. to discuss.

As always, attendance to all DCLS meetings is free of charge.

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) pupa