Sunday, July 6, 2025

Vermont Bug Safari Menu

 


Vermont Bug Safari Menu (Hotlinks)


House Favorites 



Ebony Jewelwing (Damselfly)

Butterflies (All. See by species list below.) 


Polyphemus Moth (Hand-sized)


(Click on no. observations to see my photos of each species)







Nature Comic (New one every Saturday)

Butterflies by Species (At least 119 species have been observed in Vermont.)


Species (That I have observed)

1

American Copper

2

American Lady

3

American Red Admiral

4

American Snout

5

Appalachian Brown

6

Arctic Skipper

7

Atlantis Fritillary

8

Baltimore Checkerspot

9

Banded Hairstreak

10

Black Swallowtail

11

Bronze Copper

12

Cabbage White

13

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

14

Clouded Sulphur

15

Common Ringlet

16

Common Wood-Nymph

17

Delaware Skipper

18

Dion Skipper

19

Dun Skipper

20

Eastern Comma

21

Eastern Giant Swallowtail

22

Eastern Pine Elfin

23

Eastern Tailed-Blue

24

European Skipper

25

Eyed Brown

26

Great Spangled Fritillary

27

Hackberry Emperor

28

Harris's Checkerspot

29

Harvester

30

Hickory Hairstreak

31

Hobomok Skipper

32

Juvenal's Duskywing

33

Least Skipper

34

Little Wood Satyr

35

Long Dash

36

Meadow Fritillary

37

Midsummer Tiger Swallowtail

38

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

39

Monarch

40

Mourning Cloak

41

Northern Azure

42

Northern Broken-Dash

43

Northern Cloudywing

44

Northern Crescent

45

Northern Pearly Eyed

46

Pearl Crescent

47

Peck's Skipper

48

Question Mark

58

Red-spotted Admiral

49

Silver-spotted Skipper

50

Silvery Blue

51

Striped Hairstreak

52

Summer Azure

53

Tawny-edged Skipper

54

Viceroy

55

West Virginia White

56

White Admiral

57

Wild Indigo Duskywing

*The VT Bug Safari is a chance to find out what species are in your yard. Led by Insect ambassador bugeyedbernie.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Bug Safari – A Backyard Treasure Hunt for Butterflies and More!

No need to book a trip to Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Florida, or Arizona—an entire world of butterflies is waiting to be discovered right in your backyard!


Join a Bug Safari as part of the Vermont Center for EcoStudies’ Second Butterfly Atlas (a five-year project held every 20 years). It’s a chance for both kids and adults to enjoy two major perks:


1. Earn the honorary title of citizen scientist.

2. Reconnect with your sense of wonder as we explore fields, fens, mountains, meadows—in search of Vermont’s butterflies. It’s a meaningful mission to help track and protect these winged jewels of nature.


Putting your nature eyes on. 

Want to host a (free) Bug Safari in your yard? I’ll join you and take photos of what we find and share our discoveries on iNaturalist. You’ll be able to view the photos up close and learn more about each fascinating species. We’ll also keep an eye out for any other interesting insects along the way.


Take a peek at some of my favorite Bug Safari snapshots—from the bizarre to the beautiful to the surprisingly artistic. Nature truly has it all:

🌿 Butterfly Photo Gallery and  Bug Safari Photo Gallery.


So—what hidden treasures of life will we uncover in your backyard? Let’s find out together on a Bug Safari Treasure Hunt!


Contact me to book your backyard exploratory session today. 

The invite is limited to Jericho, Vermont, and nearby towns. 

But you can create a Bug Safari on your own anywhere.


PS Read the Seven Days article about my bee, butterfly, and other insect observations at Bernie Paquette Shares the Joy of Observing Wild Bees 

Watch the TED Talk, The surprising power of your nature photos

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Insect Photos, Vermont


Photos by Bernie, Insects by Nature. 

As John Muir said, "... I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness. My own special self is nothing."




















Bee hitch-hiking a ride on the Dragonfly





































This grasshopper pooped as I took the photo. Looks like a Gherkin pickle.






















































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There is another world inhabited by intriguing life, no less complex, no less capable in the context of their world than we are in ours. They are bugs - insects, and they are as close as your backyard. 

Go Discover Them!