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Data collected by volunteers is important to help us learn more about butterflies in New Hampshire
Butterfly count volunteer with net in field. Photo by Brett Thelen.

Welcome to NH Butterfly Monitoring Network

The NH Butterfly Monitoring Network is a collaborative effort to engage volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. Data collected by volunteers can contribute to our understanding of long-term trends in butterfly populations and inform conservation actions for both common and declining species.

Gray Hairstreak. Photo by George DeWolf.
Learn More

Get to know more about New Hampshire's butterflies and how to identify them.

RESOURCES

Great Spangled Fritillaries. Photo by Amy Highstrom.
Find a Count

Join a local count circle to help collect valuable data on New Hampshire's butterflies.

Find a Count

Red Spotted Purple. Photo by George DeWolf.
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Learn more about the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network.

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Events

  • Jun
    5
    2:00pm - 4:00pm, Join Mark Ellingwood and a team of Harris Center naturalists as we search meadows and woodlands for crescents, blues, sulfurs, and other butterflies – and
  • Jun
    8
    10:00am - 12:00pm, All ages are invited to join Tin Mountain staff as we search for, photograph, catch, release and identify butterflies around the gardens and field edges of the
  • Jul
    3
    1:00pm - 3:00pm, Join Mark Ellingwood and a team of Harris Center naturalists as we search for swallowtails, sulfurs, and other butterflies – and learn to identify them by
  • Jul
    12
    8:30am - 4:00pm, Rain Date: July 13, 2025
  • Jul
    16
    9:30am - 2:00pm, Rain Date: July 23, 2025Join butterfly enthusiasts for a day in the Seacoast region of the state to count butterflies and admire other natural wonders we may
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