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BEAUTY ON THE WING TONIGHT AT THE SHALIN LIU!

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Beauty on the Wing c/o Kim Smith

22 Plum Street

Gloucester, MA 01930

 

Good Morning Monarch Friends!

Tonight’s the Night! Thank you in advance to all who are planning to come tonight, and thank you to all our butterfly friends who would like to come but can’t attend. I am so appreciative and grateful of your kind support and good wishes!

We are Over the Moon about being part of the Boston Film Festival. The BFFestival is running now through September 27th. For more information about the Festival please go here. Our deepest thanks goes to Robin Dawson, Executive Director of the BFF, for creating tonight’s wonderful screening event, and to Rockport Music’s Michelle Alekson for all her behind the scenes organizing at the Shalin Liu.

A reminder to get outdoors to a meadow or marsh if you can – there are so many beautiful species of butterflies on the wing during the Monarch’s migration throughout the months of September and early October. See my blog for recent photos of the especially vibrant Orange Sulphur Butterfly.

Happy September Butterfly Days!
xxKim

Please join us tonight for a free live premiere of Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly at the Shalin Liu at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. Masks are required to be worn at all times while in the hall. For more information go here. Presented by the Boston Film Festival and Rockport Music.

A MINI- GLOSSARY OF LATE SUMMER BUTTERFLIES

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A gallery of some of the butterflies most commonly seen during the Monarch’s southward migration.

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) – wingspan 1.6 inches -2.9 inches.

American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) – wingspan 1.75 – 2.40 inches.

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) – wingspan 2.75 – 3 inches.

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) – wingspan 1.5 to 2.75 inches

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) – wingspan 3 to 4 inches 

Small White /Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) – wingspan 1.3 – 1.9 inches

Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) – wingspan 1.25 – 2 inches

Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) – wingspan 3 – 4 inches

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) – wingspan 3.1 to 5.5 inches

Silver-bordered Fritillary (Bolaria selene) – wingspan 1.25 – 2.25 inches

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) – wingspan 1 – 1.5 inches

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) – wingspan 2.25 – 4 inches

Beauty on the Wing Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly premiering locally on September 23rd at the Shalin Liu. For more information, please go here.

Please consider making a tax deductible donation (or becoming an underwriter) to bring our Monarch Butterfly documentary Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly to American Public Television. To Learn More go here and here: Over the Moon

To DONATE go here. 

Thank you!

Pearl Crescent Male (left) and Female (right). It’s easy to see the difference between male and female Pearl Crescents by looking at the antennae. The butterfly on the left is a male because males typically have black-tipped antennae clubs.