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Please publish this article a week or more in advance of May 14.
Thank you very much.
<p>Nature’s Circle
<p>Alison Robb
<br>508-540-2408
<br>nature@cape.com
<p><b>Butterflies Across Cape Cod</b>
<p> To celebrate the first guide to the butterflies of Cape Cod, Nature’s
Circle has invited lepidopterist Tor Hansen of Truro to give a slide presentation
and book-signing of the new book <u>Butterflies Across Cape Cod.</u>
The event will take place at the West Falmouth Library on May 14 at 7:30
pm.
<p> The lecture will provide information on the life cycle of the
butterfly, its habitats and plant needs, notes on populations and the roles
butterflies play in the circle of nature.
<p> Tor Hansen, naturalist, photographer and one of the most knowledgeable
butterfly enthusiasts on Cape Cod, has spent 10 years gathering material
and preparing for the new publication. Co-author Mark Mello is Director
of Research at the Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies in Dartmouth.
<p> Edited by John Hay and published by the Cape Cod Museum
of Natural History (CCMNH), the book will be presented at a celebration
on May 8, 1 - 4 pm, at the CCMNH in Brewster. During May, June
and July there will be twelve different lectures and field trips on all
parts of the Cape led by Tor Hansen and Alison Robb.
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<br> In the book, color photographs by Hansen illustrate the 76
species of butterfly found on the Cape. Twenty sites are described
in detail where specific butterflies can usually be found.
<p> The public is invited to the West Falmouth Library on May 14 at
7:30 pm for this colorful event. Please join us in support of the
butterflies of the world and for Nature’s Circle. Admission $8.
Further information at 508-540-2408, nature@cape.com
or Nature’s Circle website, <A HREF="http://home.cape.com/nature">http://home.cape.com/nature</A>.
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