Butterfly Society of Virginia

Butterfly Society of Virginia Dedicated to butterfly education, conservation, gardening, and volunteering. We serve as butterfly gardening and education experts! JOIN TODAY!

Butterfly Society of Virginia

$15 per year ($7.50 for each additional family member & students). Join on-line at butterflysocietyofva.org or mail your check or money order (with your phone number & address) to Butterfly Society of Virginia, Inc., 1385 Fordham Drive, Suite 105-284, Virginia Beach, VA 23464. Butterfly Society of Virginia Members/Volunteers Needed:

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unteer to assist with our educational outreach, plant sales, conservation efforts, caterpillar distribution, and other Butterfly and Moth related events. If you are a new volunteer, you will be paired with an experienced volunteer. This is a great way to serve the public, further conservation, and increase your technical knowledge regarding butterfly and moth conservation. Check http://butterflysocietyofva.org/coming-events.html or our Facebook Events to see the many options for service. If you are interested in helping with any event, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected].

Meet Neptune! 🦋 He was one of three monarchs deployed with radio transmitters at our Fall meeting by our guest speaker ...
06/05/2026

Meet Neptune! 🦋 He was one of three monarchs deployed with radio transmitters at our Fall meeting
by our guest speaker Mark Garland... Neptune hung around Virginia Beach for over a month before finally heading south to Kill Devil Hills, NC, and BSV members Pam and Bob Kline spent many days watching him at the VB Visitor Center---we appreciate them sharing these photos and the video in the 'Comments"... 🧡
See Neptune's path on these screenshots from the Project Monarch app and load it to your own phone to learn more about this amazing new technology! 🦋😎

[📷: The Klines]

Congratulations to Norfolk Botanical Garden's Butterfly House for being named #1 again this year in the USA TODAY 10Bes...
05/20/2026

Congratulations to Norfolk Botanical Garden's Butterfly House for being named #1 again this year in the USA TODAY 10Best awards! 🥳 Come to our Butterfly Festival at NBG on Sunday, June 14, 10AM to 4PM, and tour this award-winning Butterfly House! 🐛🦋😎

It's a beautiful day at the VB Farmers Market's 'Strawberry Jamboree'! Come see us---we'll be here until 4 PM today (Sat...
05/16/2026

It's a beautiful day at the VB Farmers Market's 'Strawberry Jamboree'! Come see us---we'll be here until 4 PM today (Saturday, May 16)... 🤓🐛🌿🌼🦋😎

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale TOMORROW, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamboree' ...
05/15/2026

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale TOMORROW, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamboree' at the VB Farmers Market,
3640 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453,
we've posted different plants each day along with a little information about them... 🤓🌿🌱🐛🏵🌼🦋😎
[Note: Quantities of some plant species may be limited, so come early for best selection and variety.]

Today's featured plant is milkweed, the host plant for Monarch butterflies, as well as a wonderful nectar plant for all pollinators! We will have a good amount of Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) as well as some Butterfly W**d (Ascepias tuberosa) and Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
Photos #1 and #2: Important and timely reminders that you can never have enough milkweed! 😁🐛🦋
Photo #3: Shows a planting of 3 different species of milkweed---Common, Swamp, and Butterfly W**d. Photo #4: A monarch nectaring on Swamp Milkweed. Photo #5: "Ice Ballet" Swamp Milkweed.
Photo #6: "Cinderella" Swamp Milkweed.
Photo #7: A close-up of Common Milkweed.

[📷: Cullen and McCurdy]

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jambo...
05/15/2026

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamboree' at the VB Farmers Market,
3640 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453,
we'll be posting different plants each day along with a little information about them... 🤓🌿🌱🐛🏵🌼🦋😎
[Note: Quantities of some plant species may be limited, so come early for best selection and variety.]

What did Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars host on before the introduction of fennel, dill, parsley, and Queen Anne’s Lace? Zizia AKA Golden Alexander
(Zizia aurea), a native host plant in the carrot family!
Photo #1: The bloom and foliage of Zizia.
Photo #2: A fifth instar caterpillar feeding on Zizia. Photo #3: A male Eastern Black Swallowtail nectaring. Photo #4: Two female Eastern Black Swallowtails.
We will also have parsley at Saturday's plant sale.

[📷: Maurice Cullen]

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jambo...
05/14/2026

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamboree' at the VB Farmers Market,
3640 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453,
we'll be posting different plants each day along with a little information about them... 🤓🌿🌱🐛🏵🌼🦋😎
[Note: Quantities of some plant species may be limited, so come early for best selection and variety.]

Aside from the many different host plants that will be available, we will also have a large selection of nectar plants to choose from, including these:
Photo # 1: Spotted Beebalm
Photo # 2: False Indigo
Photo # 3: Russian Sage
Photo # 4: Coreopsis
Photo # 5: Blanket Flower
Photo # 6: Penstemon
Photo # 7: Solidago (Goldenrod)
Photo # 8: Solidago w/Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Photo # 9: Aster
Photo #10: Yarrow
Photo #11: Yarrow w/ Eastern Black Swallowtail
Photo #12: Phlox
Photo #13: Stokes Aster

[📷: Merrill and McCurdy]

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jambo...
05/13/2026

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamboree' at the VB Farmers Market,
3640 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453,
we'll be posting different plants each day along with a little information about them... 🤓🌿🌱🐛🏵🌼🦋😎
[Note: Quantities of some plant species may be limited, so come early for best selection and variety.]

Arrowwood Viburnum is a native shrub and is the host plant for the Hummingbird Clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).
Photo #1: These day-flying moths are closely related to Snowberry Clearwings.
Photo #2: Being a Sphinx moth, the caterpillars have a horn on their rear end.

[📷: Maurice Cullen]

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamb...
05/12/2026

To get everyone excited for the BSV Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10AM to 4PM, at the 'Strawberry Jamboree' at the VB Farmers Market,
3640 Dam Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453,
we'll be posting different plants each day along with a little information about them... 🤓🌿🌱🐛🏵🌼🦋😎
[Note: Quantities of some plant species may be limited, so come early for best selection and variety.]

Want to attract these beauties to your yard?
Photo #1: Pipevine is the host plant of the Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor). Unlike most swallowtails, it is the male that has lots of blue coloration on the hindwings.
Phoro #2: A female Pipevine Swallowtail.
Photo #3: Ventral view of a Pipevine Swallowtail.
Photos #4 and #5: The very interesting caterpillars.
Photo #6: Virginia Snakeroot is also a host plant that will be available at the sale.
Photo #7: Eggs on Virginia Snakeroot.

[📷: Maurice Cullen]

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