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Nantucket Butterfly Count is On, Hoping for Rare Southern Beauties

Credit Vern Laux
American Copper

Butterflies hit their peak of diversity at this time across Cape Cod and the Islands. The Nantucket Butterfly Count is underway - an effort to find as many butterflies of as many species as possible. Our persisting southwest winds - known at this season as "butterfly winds" may bring unusual species of butterflies from the south; like birds, butterflies use favorable winds to aid their migrations.

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