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<p class="" style="text-align:center"><span class="">Connecticut Butterfly Association</span></p>
<p class=""></p><div style="text-align:center">Fall Meeting</div><span class=""><div style="text-align:center">and</div><div style="text-align:center">Twentieth Anniversary Celebration</div></span><p></p>
<p class=""></p><div style="text-align:center">Saturday, October 25, 2014 </div><span class=""><div style="text-align:center">Luncheon 1:00 PM</div><div style="text-align:center">Program 2:00 PM</div></span><p></p>
<p class=""></p><div style="text-align:center">The Whitney Center</div><span class=""><div style="text-align:center">200 Leeder Hill Drive</div><div style="text-align:center">Hamden, CT 06517</div></span><p></p>
<p class=""><span class="">This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Connecticut Butterfly Association. Please join us for the celebration of this special milestone. To mark the occasion we are having a special event – a buffet luncheon followed by a presentation by Dr. David L. Wagner of UConn’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Dr. Wagner is the author of <i>Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History </i>and has collaborated on several other books including <i>The Connecticut Butterfly Atlas</i>. A well-known, dynamic, and informative speaker, he will present an illustrated program “The Tangled Fates of Plants, Caterpillars, and Birds.”</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">The talk will begin with a look at the various associations of plants, caterpillars, moths, and butterflies, and then shift upward to address the relevance of birds to caterpillars, and the reverse, caterpillars to nestlings. Much of the talk will be given to a marvelous set of macrophotographic images of caterpillars and the panoply of gimmicks used by caterpillars to avoid being detected and eaten by birds. The “tail” of the talk will tie plants, caterpillars, and birds together by considering the consequences of non-native plants on nestling success and other elements of biodiversity. The talk content will be highly relevant to all with interests in the importance of biodiversity, species interactions, pollination, non-native species, and climate change.</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">The luncheon will be buffet style with the following choices:</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Mixed Salad with beets, goat cheese - caramelized walnuts on the side – citrus dressing on the side</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Quinoa Salad with roasted veggies</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Penne pasta with tomato sauce, basil and olive oil</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Marinated and Grilled Breast of Chicken</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Sautéed Green Beans</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Soft beverages</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Cake and ice cream</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">The cost of the luncheon is $10 per person payable by check to the Connecticut Butterfly Association, c/o Lenny Brown Treasurer, 5 Vumbaco Drive, Wallingford CT 06492. You can also use Paypal at $11.50 per person to offset processing fees through the Association’s web site at <a href="http://www.ctbutterfly.org/fall2014meeting.html">http://www.ctbutterfly.org/fall2014meeting.html</a>. The Association is subsidizing the luncheon cost</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Please join us!</span></p></div>