Every year, the Atala Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association conducts butterfly counts in North, Central, and South Palm Beach County at nature centers, natural areas and home gardens. These counts are held around the Fourth of July, typically the last weekend in June and/or the first weekend in July. If you would like more information about these counts, please contact us.

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This 2024 butterfly counts for Palm Beach County will be held on the following days:

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• June 15, 2024 - South Palm Beach County Circle-Center at Linton Blvd. & Carter Road

• June 22, 2024 - Central Palm Beach County Circle-Center at Forest Hill & The Turnpike 

• June 23, 2024 - North Palm Beach County Circle-Center at Donald Ross Road & The Turnpike 

• July 6, 2024 - Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park 

• July 13, 2024 - Highlands Hammock State Park

 

Call 561-706-6732 for more information about joining us on these counts or email us.

 

OR you can count in your own garden. Download the 2024 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.

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Nature centers and other natural area data collected during butterfly counts from 1995-2023: 

• 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

• St. Joseph's Episcopal Church

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