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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:10:33 -0400
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MassLep] butterfly photography at Fannie Stebbins, Longmeadow

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If you take photos of butterflies at Fannie Stebbins Memorial Wildlife=20
Refuge in Longmeadow, this is for you!

The Friends of Fannie Stebbins are working to collect photographs of=20
butterflies in order to create a butterfly checklist.

See below for details.

For additional information, contact Roy Van Driesche <vandries...>

Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
<barb620...>
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Fannie Stebbins Butterfly Photography and Checklist

Our goal is to encourage butterfly (and later, all insect) photography=20
in the Fannie Stebbins areas belonging to the Conte National Wildlife=20
Refuge or the Town of Longmeadow, along the Connecticut River.=20
Photographers can send in photos of butterflies seen there to Roy Van=20
Driesche, a member of the board of the Fannie Stebbins Friends Group, at=20
<vandries...> He will then confirm or find an identification as=20
needed.=C2=A0 Photos of new species will be posted to a folder on a Google=
=20
Drive site, where people can see them (but not add, delete, or=20
download). Photo credits will be associated with each photo on the site.=20
As new species are recognized, they will be noted on the butterfly=20
checklist on the Fannie Stebbins website. Within a year or two, we hope=20
that most of the butterfly species at the site will be documented (There=20
are about 115 species in MA, so we expect that there may be 50 or more=20
in the refuge). In the future, the same site can be used to expand to=20
other groups of insects. Happy photography!


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<div>If you take photos of butterflies at Fannie Stebbins Memorial
Wildlife Refuge in Longmeadow, this is for you!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The Friends of Fannie Stebbins are working to collect
photographs of butterflies in order to create a butterfly
checklist.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>See below for details.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For additional information, contact Roy Van Driesche <a
href=3D"mailto:<vandries...>" class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext">=
<vandries...></a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Barbara Volkle</div>
<div>Northborough, MA</div>
<div><a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"mailto:barb620@thewo=
ld.com"><barb620...></a></div>
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os,sans-serif">Fannie
Stebbins Butterfly Photography and Checklist</p>
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os,sans-serif"><span
style=3D"background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-si=
ze:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-c=
lip:initial">Our
goal is to encourage butterfly (and
later, all insect) photography in the Fannie Stebbins areas
belonging to the
Conte National Wildlife Refuge or the Town of Longmeadow,
along the Connecticut
River. Photographers can send in photos of butterflies seen
there to Roy Van
Driesche, a member of the board of the Fannie Stebbins Friends
Group, at
<a href=3D"mailto:<vandries...>"
class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext"><vandries...></a>. He
will then confirm or find an identification as
needed.=C2=A0 Photos of new species will be posted to a folder on=
a
Google
Drive site, where people can see them (but not add, delete, or
download). Photo
credits will be associated with each photo on the site. As new
species are
recognized, they will be noted on the butterfly checklist on
the Fannie
Stebbins website. Within a year or two, we hope that most of
the butterfly
species at the site will be documented (There are about 115
species in MA, so
we expect that there may be 50 or more in the refuge). In the
future, the same
site can be used to expand to other groups of insects. Happy
photography!</span></p>
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