Every year, the Atala Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) conducts butterfly counts in North, Central, and South Palm Beach County at nature centers, natural areas and home gardens. The Atala Chapter also conducts the butterfly count at Highlands Hammock State Park and assists with Kissimmee Prairie State Park. These counts are held around the Fourth of July, typically in June and/or early July. If you would like more information about these counts, please contact us.

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The 2025 butterfly counts for Palm Beach County, Kissimmee Prairie and Highlands Hammock State Park were held on the following days:

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• June 20, 2026 - South Palm Beach County Circle-Center at Linton Blvd. & Carter Road

• June 27, 2026 - Central Palm Beach County Circle-Center at Forest Hill & The Turnpike 

• June 28, 2026 - North Palm Beach County Circle-Center at Donald Ross Road & The Turnpike 

• TBA - Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park 

• TBA - Highlands Hammock State Park

 

Email nabapalmbeach@gmail.com for more information about joining us on these counts.

 

OR you can count in your own garden. Download the 2025 Home Garden Form. Want to know if your home garden is in a circle? Click here for a map of the three Palm Beach County circles.

"On Your Marks" 2025 Presentation for butterfly count and butterfly ID​

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Nature centers and other natural area data collected during butterfly counts from 1995-2025: 

• Blowing Rocks Preserve

• Daggerwing Nature Center

• FAU Jupiter - Huckshorn Arboretum

• Frenchman's Forest Preserve

• FPL at Universe Blvd. in Juno Beach

• Green Acres City Hall

• Green Cay Wetlands

• Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

• Jonathan Dickinson State Park

• Juno Dunes Natural Area - West Tract

• Juno Dunes Natural Area - Ocean Front

• Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge

• J. D. MacArthur State Park

• Mounts Botanical Garden

• Okeeheelee Nature Center

• Pine Jog Environmental Center

• Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area

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