FRIENDS OF JAMAICA POND 36 Perkins St., PO Box 300040, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Gerry Wright, Founder and President Telephone: 617-524-7070 Email: FrederickLawOlmsted@yahoo.com TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370 www.FriendsOfJamaicaPond.org

Friends of Jamaica Pond History and Annual Park Keeper Award Frederick Law Olmsted a one-man play by Gerry Wright Nature's Class Room: Environmental Education Projects Environmental Research Projects Forestry Protection Projects Emerald Necklace Bird Club Volunteer Stewardship Program Calendar and Meetings and Press Memberships and Donations Links and Resources Contact and Email Info

"Let it be not for present use and delight alone, but let it be of such a work that our descendents will thank us for it." Frederick Law Olmsted

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Emerald Necklace Butterflies and Dragonflies:  By Stephen Baird info@CommunityArtsAdvocates.org Resources: Butterflies and Moths of North America, an internet field guide with range maps and detailed species information, is hosted by the University of Montana and Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center with support from U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey at http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org Massachusetts Butterfly Club - A Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/ Their photo field guide: Massachusetts Butterfly Species List http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-group-page.asp?gr=All Massachusetts Audubon Butterfly Atlas http://massaudubon.org/butterflyatlas/allbutterflies.php An internet field guide for dragonflies is hosted here in Massachusetts by Ode News at http://www.odenews.org It has many links to national sites plus publishes printed field guides for Massachusetts dragonflies (Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies plus A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts).  http://www.odenews.org/MAguide.htm  The Massachusetts list is at: http://www.odenews.org/masslist.htm A Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts by Blair Nikula, Jennifer L. Loose, and Matthew R. Burne Full page treatment of 166 species known from Massachusetts, covering field identification, range/status, habitat, and field notes. Ring bound for easy use in the field Price: $20, postpaid (quantity discounts available) Order from (mail only): Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581 The New Jersey Odonata Survey http://www.njodes.com/njos.htm also has a great web site for northeast dragonflies. US and Massachusetts Dragonfly check lists and range maps: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/usa/341.htm http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/ma/341.htm The Bugguide http://bugguide.net/ is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology The National Wildlife Federation at (http://www.enature.com) also has many North American internet field guides. American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas  http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1462   Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1372 http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/bfly/tiger_swallowtail.htm   Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1356 http://massaudubon.org/butterflyatlas/index.php?id=15 Cabbage White - Pieris rapae http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1398 Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1772 Red-spotted Purple or White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis (Drury, 1773) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1785 http://www.massaudubon.org/butterflyatlas/index.php?id=176 http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Limenitis-arthemis Common Whitetail Dragonfly - Plathemis lydia http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/insects/drgnfly/libefam/lily/lilyfr.htm http://bugguide.net/node/view/603/ Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly - Erythemis simplicicollis  http://bugguide.net/node/view/577 White-faced Meadowhawk -  Sympetrum obtrusum A common dragonfly in Emerald Necklace.  Found the by water or in fields and woods perched on leafs and twigs hunting for other small insects.  For a humerous discussion on the many confusing identification subspecies of meadowhawks - "Meadowhawks will make you crazy" - check out the second link. http://www.njodes.com/Speciesaccts/skimmers/mead-whit.asp http://www.njodes.com/Speciesaccts/skimmers/meadowhawks.htm Eastern Amberwing - Perithemis tenera A small redish dragonfly usually found around ponds and water http://bugguide.net/node/view/58156 Widow Skimmer - Libellula luctuosa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow_Skimmer Halloween Pennant  Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) http://www.njodes.com/Speciesaccts/skimmers/penn-hall.asp http://www.photomigrations.com/articles/0608300.htm EbonyJewelwing Damselfly http://www.njodes.com/Speciesaccts/bwdamsels/jewe-ebon.asp http://bugguide.net/node/view/601 http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/ebony_jewelwing.htm Dogbane Beetle http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2003/7-28-2003/dogbane.html http://bugguide.net/node/view/461 http://www.carolinanature.com/insects/coleoptera/dogbanebeetle.html http://www.texasento.net/auratus.htm Praying Mantids - Praying Mantis - Mantis religiosa; Linneus, 1758 Introduced in to North America from Europe Photo from Franklin Park September 2012 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/praying-mantis/ http://insected.arizona.edu/mantidinfo.htm http://tomclothier.hort.net/page31.html Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1993 Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1765 Little Wood Satyr - Megisto cymela  http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1851 Common Wood-Nymph - Cercyonis pegala (Fabricius, 1775) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Cercyonis-pegala http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Cercyonis-pegala http://www.massaudubon.org/butterflyatlas/index.php?id=47 Sighted in Franklin Park and Brook Farm (Photo July 2012) Monarch - Danaus plexippus Detailed life cycle and migration workshop on this site: http://www.friendsofjamaicapond.org/monarchbutterfly.html http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1892 http://www.monarchwatch.org http://www.monarch-butterfly.com/ Viceroy - Limenitis archippus (Cramer, 1776) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1788 American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1769 Silver-spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1905 Clouded Sulphur - Colias philodice http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1418 Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos (Drury, 1773) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1741 http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Phyciodes-tharos Northern Crescent - Phyciodes cocyta http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1742 Eastern Tailed-Blue - Cupido comyntas (Godart, [1824]) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1589 http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Everes-comyntas Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma (Harris, 1842) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1755 Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1754 Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775) http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1675 http://massaudubon.org/butterflyatlas/index.php?id=33 http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Speyeria-cybele NOTE:  8 x 10 matted and framed photographs are available for $100 membership donations or 11 x 17 matted and framed photographs are available for $500 membership donations to Friends of Jamaica Pond. Contact Stephen Baird at info@communityartsadvocates.org

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FRIENDS OF JAMAICA POND 36 Perkins St., PO Box 300040, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030 Gerry Wright, Founder and President Telephone: 617-524-7070 Email: FrederickLawOlmsted@yahoo.com TTY/MA RELAY 800-439-2370 www.FriendsOfJamaicaPond.org