The North American Butterfly Association
The South Jersey Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) strives to educate communities across southern New Jersey on local invertebrate conservation, be a leader in butterfly research, help celebrate and promote an interest in butterflying, and bring together nature enthusiasts of all kinds to aid in special projects to establish habitat for pollinators
About What We Do:
Programs
Our programs include guided walks in butterfly hotspots across South Jersey, wildlife gardening tours and education, workshops, public presentations, and community science projects relating to butterfly conservation
Already an avid butterflier and looking to participate in community science?
Butterfly Counts
The counts affiliated with the Chapter are both the national 4th of July Counts that the North American Butterfly Association does across the country, which includes the Belleplain Butterfly Count and the Cape May Butterfly Count, and we also do our own annual research counts within the Chapter. This includes the Winter Snout Survey, a spring Hessel’s Hairstreak survey, a late summer breeding monarch count done concertedly with the International Monarch Monitoring Bioblitz, and an autumn butterfly watch during the fall.
If you want to learn more about current conservation issues and what you can do to help, or are interested in taking a deeper dive into the ecology and behaviors of New Jersey’s butterflies, you’ll enjoy reading our blog!
