Butterfly blitzing: Volunteer naturalists help scientists survey the state’s butterfly populations

Twenty years after the first atlas, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies is inviting residents to help collect data for the 2nd Vermont Butterfly Atlas.

By: Erika Tally

Outlets: UVM's Community News Service

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 846

Last Updated: 3 days, 1 hour ago

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Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship

GREENSBORO — A dozen naturalists looked on as the light swish of a butterfly net cut through the misty July air, snaring a darting white speck. A quick transfer to a specimen jar revealed that their find — a small white moth — was not one of their intended targets: butterflies.

“Moths look like they have anxiety when they’re flying around; butterflies look like …

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