Information on Maine Butterflies

Information on Maine Butterflies

A list of articles, a radio broadcast and newspaper stories based on our work with Maine butterflies is shown below. To view any item, please click the link or copy the link into your browser.

“Saco couple are fans of rare butterflies – The two volunteers add hours of data to a state study.”
Article by Deirdre Fleming dealing with our adventures in the field as volunteers for the Maine Butterfly Survey.
Posted July 13, 2014 in the Outdoors section of the Portland Press Herald – Maine Sunday Telegram.
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/13/saco-couple-rare-butterfly-fans/

The monarchs were missing this summer…and we and weather were to blame Public Radio International (PRI) (9/30/2013)

An interview with Dave Sherwood dealing with our work surveying butterflies on Swan Island (Steve Powell Wildlife Manangement Area), Perkins TWP, that was broadcasted on PRI.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-09-30/monarchs-were-missing-summer-and-we-and-weather-were-blame

Gobeil, R. E. and R. M. F. Gobeil. 2014. A Survey of butterflies found at a reclaimed municipal landfill Superfund site in Saco, Maine (York county). News of the Lepid. Soc. 56 (4):160-165.
http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/nls/2010s/2014/2014_v56_n4.pdf

Gobeil, R. E. and R. M. F. Gobeil. 2014. A Survey of butterflies found on Swan Island (Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area), Perkins Township, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Limenitis VII:7-14.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B985dSJVRA1mN0lOWER2b2VUWlE/view

Checklist Butterflies of Swan Island, Perkins TWP, Maine (Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area) (2014).
Checklist created by Robert E. Gobeil and Rose Marie F. Gobeil in cooperation with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW).
https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/Swan-Island-Butterfly-Checklist-2019.pdf

Gobeil, R. E. and R. M. F. Gobeil. 2014. The importance of power transmission line right-of-ways as habitat for butterflies in Maine. News of the Lepid. Soc. 56 (1):24-27, 12.
http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/nls/2010s/2014/2014_v56_n1.pdf

Gobeil, R. E. and R. M. F. Gobeil. 2014. Low Numbers of Monarchs (Danaus plexippus) Recorded in the U.S. and Canada during the 2013 Fall Migration. The Maine Entomologist. Vol. 18 (1): 2-3.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/t/5fc2dfd8bc819f1cf437df14/1606606809571/2014_February_MES_Newsletter_email.pdf

Gobeil, R. E. 2012. Butterflies Recorded at the River Point Conservation Area BioBlitz in Falmouth, Maine on June 29-30, 2012. The Maine Entomologist. Vol. 16 (3): 3.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/t/5fc2df6ff8cdb769c642aab4/1606606704034/2012_August_MES_Newsletter_email.pdf

Gobeil, R. E. and R. M. F. Gobeil. 2012. Status of the Common Buckeye in Maine. Limenitis V: 6-8.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B985dSJVRA1mYU5KYzhUT2xtT2s/view

Gobeil, R. E. 1962. Partial List of Butterflies Found in the Biddeford Region. Maine Field Naturalist 18 (10): 147.
http://www.mainebutterflies.com/biddeford.jpg

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