Upcoming Webinar - Across Regions and Seasons: Comparing the Butterflies of New Hampshire and Texas

[Haley Andreozzi]

Hi All,

On April 22nd at 4pm, the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network is hosting Laurie Sheppard for a webinar - Across Regions and Seasons: Comparing the Butterflies of New Hampshire and Texas. Laurie splits her year between New Hampshire and Texas, which means her butterflying season is much longer than us year-round New Englanders! She volunteers as a group leader with the Great Bay Count Circle every summer and is active in this Google group. The presentation is sure to be an interesting comparison of species found here, there, in both places, and the similarities/differences observed. Program description and link to register below. 

Thanks to Laurie for her willingness to share her experience and perspective!

Across Regions and Seasons: Comparing the Butterflies of New Hampshire and Texas

April 22, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:15pm
Online via Zoom

Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/RSHMePCfTj-f3rSwmW0sUw

When you see a butterfly in New Hampshire, it might surprise you to know that the same species is present all the way west to the Central Plains and south to Texas and Florida. Some butterfly species present in a wide geographic area represent different sub-species that look similar but have regional differences. You’re already familiar with different species in New Hampshire that look so much alike you can’t tell them apart. There are over 750 species of butterflies in the United States, and we’ll explore some of those seen in Texas and New Hampshire and how many are the same or just similar or not at all alike.

Laurie Sheppard is a Massachusetts native who went to Texas for a job and stayed for the weather – at least the winter weather! Since retiring in 2016, Laurie has been able to “migrate with the Monarchs”, spending May through September in Rockingham County and the rest of the year in north Texas. In doing so, she gets to indulge her passion for birds and butterflies year-round. You can find many of her butterfly sightings on iNaturalist where she posts as lshepstew. While in New Hampshire, she has participated in the Seacoast Butterfly Count since it began in 2023 and added over 100 observations to the inaugural NH Audubon Nature Challenge in 2025.

Best,
Haley

Haley Andreozzi (she/her)
State Specialist, Wildlife Conservation
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
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Durham, NH 03824
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