NABA Count: Orange County

Join us for the 3rd conduction of the Orange County NABA Count! If you are not familiar with what is a NABA count, please visit the NABA website for more […]

NABA Count: Hanging Rock State Park

Vade Mecum 1105 Camp Sertoma Dr, Westfield, North Carolina

Top: Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar Left to Right: Eastern Comma, Catalpa moth caterpillar, Question Mark, Northern Pearly Eye Meet up for this count is at Vade Mecum located outside of […]

NABA Count: Mayo River State Park

Mayo River State Park 500 Old Mayo Park Road, Mayodan, North Carolina

  Left to Right: Silver Spotted Skipper caterpillar, dark form female Tiger Swallowtail on hoary mountain mint, puddling butterflies, Harvester Meet up for this count is in the park at […]

Central Park School for Children Habitat Tour

Backyard Butterflies 1507 US HWY 70A East, Hillsborough, NC, United States

We love conducting tours, classes, and workshops for school groups! Please visit our Education Page for information about what we offer and to schedule with us.

NABA Count: Pilot Mountain State Park

Pilot Mountain State Park 1792 Pilot Knob Park Rd, Pinnacle, North Carolina

Left to Right: Common Sootywing, Peck's Skipper, White M Hairstreak, Eufala Skipper, Common Buckeye Caterpillar This count has sighted some butterflies that are uncommon to rare, as well as some […]

Caterpillar Raising Workshop at WBU Chapel Hill

Wild Birds Unlimited 1806 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Learn how to raise an Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar into a butterfly during this 45 minute workshop conducted by Lori M. Carlson of Backyard Butterflies and hosted by Wild Birds […]

$25.00

Bass Lake Day

Sugg Farm 2401 Grigsby Ave., Holly Springs, North Carolina

We will be conducting education and community outreach at Bass Lake Day. Come by an see what caterpillars or butterflies we have collected from our backyard habitat, recent moth sightings, […]

Fall Moth Night

Backyard Butterflies 1507 US HWY 70A East, Hillsborough, NC, United States

Join us for an evening of moth-ing in our backyard habitat! We will be firing up our 400 watt metal halide and 40 watt UV light to bring all of […]

Free

Launch of Online Plant Shop

Launch of our new online store! We have host plants for 16 species of butterfly and moth, and 38 species of nectar plants for the 2020 growing season. All orders […]

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