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Program: Rachel Shamy "Introduction to Northern Ohio Butterflies"

  • Carlilse Visitor Center- Black River Room 13630 Diagonal Road LaGrange, OH, 44050 United States (map)

Introduction to the common butterfly species in our area and how to identify them along with how to identify the difference between butterflies and moths. She will also discuss saving our Monarch butterflies. There will be a follow up tagging/release event a few weeks later at the Oberlin Preserve Prairie.

Rachel has been a butterfly monitor for the Toledo Area Metroparks for some time. She also helps spot and identify all of the butterfly species for the yearly NABA (North American Butterly Association) count in the Oak Openings Region.