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Last updated: April 14, 2026
The Lancaster Butterfly and
Entomological Club
Next meeting April 6, 2026.
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Periodical Cicada
Wheel Bug Nymphs
Mourning Cloak
Spotted Lanternfly
5 June 2025
3 Sep 2023
4 Mar 2024
2 August 2025
Photographs by Fred Habegger
Next Events
Programs Are Held At the North Museum
400 College Avenue at Buchanan Avenue, Lancaster, PA
All meetings and field trips are open to the public and are free.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, May 4, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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For meeting and field trip information including weather cancelation
contact Karl Gardner at  .
A 2 page brochure will soon be available at:
LancasterB&EClub2026Brochure.
The landscape formatted two page brochure can be printed two sided with 'short-edge'
binding or printed one side at a time.
The regular meetings
of the Lancaster
Butterfly & Entomological
Club are held on the first Monday of every month from April through October (except
September when we meet on the second Monday).
Meeting Location:
Lower
Level of the North
Museum of Natural History & Science, at the corner of College
Avenue and Buchanan Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Time: --- 6:30 to 8:30 P.M.
Everyone is invited to the meetings, which are free to all.
Please use the Main entrance
(which faces the intersection) and bring a friend.
The purpose of the club is to study butterflies and insects and to share that
information
at our meetings. Catch the enthusiasm and attend our lively club meetings. Most meetings
include a lecture, discussion, and show-and-tell of books, bugs, host plants, or photos.
Have a question on insects? These meetings are a place where you might just find an answer.
Members and friends are invited to field trips in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania throughout
the season. Learn what can be found in this area and meet other enthusiasts.
Members and friends are also welcome to participate in 3 butterfly walks, 2 of which
are part
of the North American Butterfly Association's nationwide Fourth of July Butterfly Count
program which require a nominal participation fee by NABA. They are listed below.
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*** Butterfly sightings by year & month ***
Local butterfly sightings are at:
2026 Lancaster County butterfly sightings.
6 species seen in Lancaster County so far in 2026. April 5, March 4 species.
Updated 4-14-26.
2025 Lancaster County butterfly
sightings.
59 species for Lancaster County so far for 2025. 6 species November, 21 in
October.
Updated 3-25-26. (Many late dates now included.)
The first sighting date for each month is listed for the 90 species seen in
Lancaster County since 2009.
Information on contributing to this data base is on the page.
The 30+
butterfly species seen in Lancaster County in
2024.
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Membership Information: If you wish to join the club, annual dues
are $15 per household, payable at club meetings or by mail. Lancaster Butterfly and
Entomological Club, Jan Schaefer, 154 Pinetown Rd, Leola,
PA 17540. Jan Schaefer at 
Dues Form
Unless otherwise noted, photographs on this page are by Karl Gardner.
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Activity Dates for 2026
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Monday, April 6, 2026 6:30 PM
Business and social discussion will start at 6:30 PM and the program will begin at
7:00 pm.
"Meadow Tramping" by member and former president, Fred Habegger. Fred will tell
us about the making of the wildflower meadows at Middle Creek at the Visitors Center and at
Willow Point, so there will be butterflies and wildflowers to enjoy!
Four of Fred's Photographs are at the top of this web page.
Non-members welcome. Free.
<--- American Lady on New England Aster by Fred Habegger.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, May 4, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, June 1, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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Saturday, June 27, 2026 10:00 AM
FIELD TRIP
"Furnace Hills Fourth of July Butterfly Count".
We will meet at 10:00 AM at the Warwick Municipal and rail trail parking lot near
Lititz.
This is part of
the North American Butterfly Association's Fourth of July Butterfly Count program. A $3.00
fee is required which goes to NABA. Leader and compiler Fred Habegger (Weather/cancelation
or questions: 717-859-2521).
Non-members welcome.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, July 6, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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Saturday, July 11, 2026 10:00 AM
FIELD TRIP
"The 27th Annual Holtwood Fourth of July Butterfly Count."
Meet at the Muddy Run Park visitor's center at 9 AM.
$3.00 fee required which goes to NABA. Leader, compiler: Fred Habegger
(Weather/cancelation info.717-859-2521).
Address: 172 Bethesda Church Rd W, Holtwood, PA
Photograph by Fred Habegger.
Non-members welcome.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, August 3, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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Saturday, August 15, 2026 10:00 AM FIELD TRIP
"Furnace Hills Rerun Butterfly Count."
Meet at 10 AM at Middle Creek WMA visitor's center. No fee. Leader: Fred Habegger
(Weather/cancelation info.717-859-2521)
Non-members welcome. Free.
(Note: Last year 37 species were seen at this Butterfly Count by four
participants.) If this year is similar, this field trip is a GREAT way to see over half
the species normally seen in the whole year in the County.
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Some time this summer. Possible "Moth Night" FIELD TRIP.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, September 7, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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Lancaster Butterfly & Entomological Club
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Monday, October 5, 2026 6:30 PM
Program to be announced.
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