Field Trips for 2015 (Prospective)
 Spring field trip: Land Between the Lakes in Western Kentucky, April 17-19, 2015. Trip Leader: Bill Black black8808@bellsouth.net
Oldham County Butterfly Count, Saturday, July 11, 2015
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
The 39th annual July 4 Butterfly Count will be held at the Horner Bird and Wildlife Refuge near Brownsboro, Oldham County, on Saturday, July 11. Meet at 9:30 am at the Brownsboro General Store. All interested persons are invited to attend. Come for an hour, or as long as you wish. No experience is necessary, and children are especially invited. Butterfly nets will be available for borrowing, and experienced lepidopterists will help people learn about butterflies. Rain date, Sunday, July 12.
June field trip: Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area in Crittenden and Union Counties, June 5-7, 2015. Trip Leader: Ellis Laudermilk ellis.laudermilk@ky.gov
August field trip: Redbird Wildlife Management Area in the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Leslie county August 7-8, 2015. More details
Trip Leader: Charles Wright hiddenspring@earthlink.net
Oak Grove Butterfly Festival, Oak Grove, KY, Saturday, September 26, 2015 More Information Gerald Burnett, Bill Black and Leroy Koehn will organize the display from the Society of Kentucky Lepidopterists.
41st Annual Meeting, November 13 & 14 2015
Meeting will take place at the Insect Museum in the Dimock Animal Pathology Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
There will be the Gathering of Lepiodpterists on Friday evening November 13. There will be a featured speaker on Saturday November 14, 2015. The collection will be open for viewing. Bring specimens for identification or show and tell.

Previous Field Meetings
 Field Trips for 2014
 Spring field trip: Redbird Wildlife Management Area in the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest, April 25-27, 2014
Trip Leader: Charles Wright hiddenspring@earthlink.net
More Information
Oldham County Butterfly Count, Saturday, June 21, 2014
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
The 38th annual July 4 Butterfly Count will be held at the Horner Bird and Wildlife Refuge near Brownsboro, Oldham County, on Saturday June 21. All interested persons are invited to attend. We meet at 9:30 AM in the parking lot of Sugarbabe Antiques in Brownsboro, about one mile from Exit 14 of I-71. Wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, a good hat, and bring insect repellant, water and lunch. We will divide into counting teams and count butterfly species in fields and forest from 10 AM to 3 PM. Come for an hour, or as long as you wish. No experience is necessary, and children are especially invited. Butterfly nets will be available for borrowing, and experienced lepidopterists will help people learn about butterflies. In 2012 we counted 36 different species and 765 individual butterflies.
Summer Field Meeting: Planned for June 2014. More details will appear here when availalble.
Oak Grove Butterfly Festival, Oak Grove, KY, Saturday, September 27, 2014 More Information Gerald Burnett, Bill Black and Leroy Koehn will organize the display from the Society of Kentucky Lepidopterists.
November 14-15, 2014, 40th Annual Meeting
Featured speaker: Dr. Charles V. Covell, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Meeting will take place at the Insect Museum in the Dimock Animal Pathology Building, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Field Trips for 2013
 Spring field trip: Beaver Creek Wilderness Area of Daniel Boone NF in McCreary County, April 12-14, 2013
Oldham County Butterfly Count, Saturday, July 20, 2013
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
Summer Field Meeting: Henderson Sloughs WMA in Henderson County, August 23-25, 2013
More Information
Trip Leaders: Gerald Burnett gdburnett@brtc.net and Bill Black black8808@bellsouth.net
Oak Grove Butterfly Festival, Oak Grove, KY, September 28, 2013 More Information
November 15-16, 2013, Annual Meeting
Entomology Department, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Field Trips for 2010
 Spring field trip: Jackson and Estell Counties, KY
Trip Leader: Charles Wright hiddenspring@earthlink.net
Late June/Early July, Oldham County Butterfly Count
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
Mid-June field trip: Western Kentucky and Missouri
Trip Leader: Loran Gibson kymothman@fuse.net
Early September: Jackson Purchase (Western Kentucky)
Trip Leader: Gerald Burnett gdburnett@brtc.net
November 19-20, Annual Meeting
Entomology Department, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Field Trips for 2009
 April 17-19 Spring field trip to Sommerset, KY
Trip Leaders: Loran Gibson kymothman@fuse.net
June 27 Oldham County Butterfly Count
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
September 11-13 Jackson Purchase (Western Kentucky)
Trip Leader: Gerald Burnett gdburnett@brtc.net
November 13-14, Annual Meeting
Entomology Department, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Dr. Michael Sharkey reports that the Lepidoptera Collection has been moved to the newly rehabilitated spaces which he showed us during the NOV 2008 meeting.
Field Trips for 2008
 April 11-13 Spring field trip to Morehead, KY
Trip Leaders: Loran Gibson & Jonathan Smith kymothman@fuse.net
July 5 Oldham County Butterfly Count
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
September 5-7 Jackson Purchase (Western Kentucky)
Trip Leader: Bill Black black8808@bellsouth.net
October 31-November 1 Annual Meeting in Conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
Entomology Department, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Field Trips for 2007
 June 30 Oldham County Butterfly Count
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
August 24-26 Lapland Wildlife Management Area, Meade County
Trip Leader: Loran Gibson kymothman@fuse.net
September 7-9 Jackson Purchase (Western Kentucky)
Trip Leader: Bill Black black8808@bellsouth.net
September 20, 7 pm Kay Milam will be making a presentation at the Louisville Nature Center on the making of her film about the monarch migration. This presentation is sponsored by the Kentucky Society of Natural History.
Members of the Society of Kentucky Lepidopterists have all been invited. For more information, contact Chris Bidwell mabteacher1@yahoo.com
November 2-3 Annual Meeting
Entomology Department, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Field Trips for 2006
 April 21-23 Otter Creek Park, Meade County
Trip Leaders: Loran Gibson kymothman@fuse.net & Richard Henderson mothcollector@hotmail.com
July 1 Oldham County Butterfly Count
Trip Leader: Charlie Covell covell@louisville.edu
July 7-9 Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County & Upper Green River Biological Preserve, Hart County
Trip Leader: Jeff Marcus jeffrey.marcus@wku.edu
September 8-10 Jackson Purchase (Western Kentucky)
Trip Leader: Bill Black black8808@bellsouth.net
December 2-3 Annual Meeting
Entomology Department, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky


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