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SUMMARY:Etowah Library Speaker Series: Enjoying Butterflies in Your Backyard
DESCRIPTION:Date: September 2\, 2026 \nTime: 2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Etowah Library \nSpeaker: David Ahrenholz \nButterfly populations across the United States have declined at least 22% since 2000. This presentation is an introduction to the butterflies occurring in the fields\, forests and lawns of Western North Carolina and it includes ways to us backyard plants to attract and support them. \nDr. Ahrenholz began his interest in butterflies as a child in Iowa. He taught himself photography because family and friends were not interested in dead insect specimens. After medical school he continued his passion for nature photography\, photographing butterflies across the US and tropical South America. His photographs captured new species and led to an appointment as a Research Associate in the Entomology Department at the Smithsonian. He has pursued a 25-year project with the museum to document the butterflies of Ecuador in photographs and by collecting specimens. After retiring from his surgical career at the University of Minnesota\, he moved with his wife to their horse farm in the Landrum area where he enjoys equestrian foxhunting and sharing images from his butterfly garden. \n*Space is limited and pre-registration is required by visiting the Etowah Library’s calendar of events\, link coming soon!  \n \nThe Etowah Library Speaker Series programs are made possible thanks to our partnership with the Henderson County Public Library. \nContact Pam Torlina\, pam@conservingcarolina.org\, with questions or for more information.
URL:https://conservingcarolina.org/event/etowah-library-speaker-series-enjoying-butterflies-in-your-backyard/
LOCATION:Etowah Library\, 101 Brickyard Road\, Etowah\, NC\, United States
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