Austin, Texas, is home to about 170 species of butterflies. It is also the home of the Austin Butterfly Forum, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to butterfly conservation and to enriching people's lives through butterflies.

The Austin Butterfly Forum is a butterfly club that holds field trips, conducts butterfly counts, promotes butterfly gardening, performs conservation activities, and meets monthly for an educational presentation. We are a community of butterfly enthusiasts who also enjoy dragonflies & damselflies, bees, beetles, spiders and arthropods in general, and our meeting presentations span this gamut as well.

Our web site is austinbutterflies.org

We have been holding monthly meetings since 1993 and have a regular crowd. People are NOT required to RSVP to the monthly meetings via meetup.com.

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  • September 26, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 2 Butterfly Enthusiasts attended

    Meeting: Wild Silks of the World
    Wild Silks of the World, presented by Richard Peigler, Ph.D., Incarnate Word College, San Antonio. More than 95% of all silk in commerce comes from the domesticated... Learn more

  • August 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 9 Butterfly Enthusiasts attended

    Meeting: True Flies - Masters of the Air

    They rated it 4.00 4.001 (1 ratings)

    True Flies - Masters of the Air, presented by Val Bugh. Vectors of disease, pests of livestock and humans, "worms" that damage fruits and vegetables: these are all... Learn more

  • July 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 10 Butterfly Enthusiasts attended

    Meeting: What do Warblers Eat?
    What do Warblers Eat?, presented by Mike Quinn. While quantitatively collecting almost 50,000 invertebrates in western Travis Co. over the course of two summers (and in... Learn more

  • June 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 63 Butterfly Enthusiasts attended

    Meeting: Pipevines and the Butterflies That Love Them

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings) and uploaded 5 photos

    Pipevines and the Butterflies That Love Them, presented by Dan Hardy, Ph.D. This lecture will explore the fascinating ecological relationship between the Pipevine... Learn more
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    Shari Shari joined
    February 19 at 9:23 PM
    Shari
    "Hello I am interested in learning about butterfly garding."
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    Donelle Donelle joined
    February 16 at 12:22 PM
    Donelle
    "I love animals and would like to learn more about butterflies. Sounds fun! I just finished my graduate degree studying swordtail fish."
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    bob bob joined
    February 4 at 3:04 PM
    bob
    "like them"
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    Linda Chamberlain Linda Chamberlain joined
    January 11 at 11:47 AM
    Linda Chamberlain
    "I'm Linda and new to this forum. My chief interest here, is Saturniidae and Sphigidae. Those are my favorite leps. I am just outside Austin and am into attracting moths, but not killing/collecting them. I also rear and release moths."
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    Emily Hall Emily Hall joined
    October 30, 2011 at 9:41 AM
    Emily Hall
    "Attended my first meeting last week, and am very excited about the next one! Recently graduated with a degree in Entomology from the University of Delaware. I have a particular interest in beetles and disease vectors."
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    esther esther replied to Monarchs are here!
    October 22, 2011 at 9:38 PM
    esther

    "I noticed them last week all over downtown Austin, there were tons fluttering above the traffic."

  • New Discussion
    Tay Tay started Monarchs are here!
    October 16, 2011 at 5:49 PM
    Tay

    "There must be over 200 monarchs fluttering around in my crepe myrtle tree as I type. This is so awesome! There is also a good number of tiny bees collecting pollen. Not sure what kind but they're very friendly...."

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    cassie cassie joined
    October 13, 2011 at 1:59 AM
    cassie
    "I love gardening and I love butterflies"
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    Lisa Oppel Lisa Oppel joined
    September 28, 2011 at 8:05 PM
    Lisa Oppel
    "I like Leps! Have more of an interest in moths, but enjoy collecting and discussing butterflies as well. Know any good gas stations?"
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    Sage Wisner Sage Wisner joined
    September 26, 2011 at 10:26 AM
    Sage Wisner
    "I love Entomology!!"
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Austin, TX 78746
Founded Jun 21, 2011
20110621
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