Join the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation on a butterfly walk at Picnic Island 9:30-11:30am on Sunday, October 17th.  Address is 7404 Picnic Island Boulevard in South Tampa. Meeting place will be between the bathrooms and pavilion #605. Plan for the outdoors, heat, mosquitoes, no-see-ums, getting feet wet if you don’t wear the right shoes to avoid it.  Bring plenty of water to drink.  We will start around the southern most part of the park and work our way to the entrance toward the end.  So we will park initially and then caravan through as we make our way toward the exit.  Species that could be seen include Cloudless sulphur, Orange-barred sulphur, White peacock, Zebra longwing, viceroy, Statira sulphur, Dainty sulphur, Common buckeye, mangrove buckeye, Fiery skipper, Gulf fritillary, Phaon crescent, Cassius blue, Ceraunus blue, Monarch, Common white checkered skipper, Tropical white checkered skipper, and more. This is a new location that may be part of the North American Butterfly Association count circles for Tampa Bay. Come join us to help monitoring populations of butterflies in this beautiful park.

The Florida Aquarium, Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and FWC's Suncoast Youth Conservation Center are looking for volunteers to assist with habitat maintenance at Center for Conservation site of the Florida Conservation and Technology Center in Apollo Beach (529 Estuary Shore Lane) as well as their Adopt a Road site along Dickman Road.

Our reptile specialist, Ian Alton, will give a presentation and you can meet our reptile ambassadors.

Anita Camacho will present whites and sulphurs in the Tampa Bay area, the host plants, habitats and more. Includes continental breakfast and cocktails for adults 21 and older.

Volunteers are needed to perform maintenance of the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation's Hell Strip habitat (4110 W. Estrella St.). 

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The Florida Aquarium, Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and FWC's Suncoast Youth Conservation Center are looking for volunteers to assist with habitat maintenance at Center for Conservation site of the Florida Conservation and Technology Center in Apollo Beach (529 Estuary Shore Lane) as well as their Adopt a Road site along Dickman Road.To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: https://volunteersignup.org/HXMQQ

Nature Kids' Camp Assistants: January 17 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pmAdult or High School volunteers are needed to assist with our nature camp for children 5-11 years old.  We will have a planning meeting one week in advance of the camp (date and time TBD). To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: https://volunteersignup.org/CKHDY

Join Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation on a butterfly walk at Picnic Island in South Tampa. We will start out around the southern most part of the park and work our way to the entrance toward the end. Species that could be seen include Cloudless sulphur, Orange-barred sulphur, White peacock, Zebra longwing, Viceroy, Statira sulphur, Dainty sulphur, Common buckeye, Mangrove buckeye, Fiery skipper, Gulf fritillary, Phaon crescent, Cassius blue, Ceraunus blue, Monarch, Common white checkered skipper, Tropical white checkered skipper, and more. This location may become part of the North American Butterfly Association count circles for Tampa Bay. Come be a part of monitoring populations of butterflies in this beautiful park.  Free! Register here:  https://volunteersignup.org/HCXLK 

The Florida Aquarium, Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and FWC's Suncoast Youth Conservation Center are looking for volunteers to assist with habitat maintenance at Center for Conservation site of the Florida Conservation and Technology Center in Apollo Beach (529 Estuary Shore Lane) as well as their Adopt a Road site along Dickman Road.To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: https://volunteersignup.org/ATC3C  

Join Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation and NABA Tampa Bay on a butterfly walk at Picnic Island in South Tampa. We will start out around the southern most part of the park and work our way to the entrance toward the end. Species that could be seen include Cloudless sulphur, Orange-barred sulphur, White peacock, Zebra longwing, Viceroy, Statira sulphur, Dainty sulphur, Common buckeye, Mangrove buckeye, Fiery skipper, Gulf fritillary, Phaon crescent, Cassius blue, Ceraunus blue, Monarch, Common white checkered skipper, Tropical white checkered skipper, and more. This location may become part of the North American Butterfly Association count circles for Tampa Bay. Come be a part of monitoring populations of butterflies in this beautiful park.  Free! Register here:  https://volunteersignup.org/HXE34

Encore! Technology Park:  January 25 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pmVolunteers are needed to help maintain the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation-sponsored butterfly garden at Encore Park! located at 1210 E. Harrison St. (Corner of Harrison Street and Hank Ballard St.)  To volunteer, click or copy and paste into a browser: https://volunteersignup.org/T4JMW