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Volunteers Sought for Butterfly Count in Kentucky

Kentuckians can enjoy a day in the country to count butterflies as part of a national census.

The count will be done in Oldham County on July 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

University of Louisville biology professor emeritus Charles Covell and other specialists will lead activities in the fields and forest of UofL's Horner Wildlife Sanctuary.

Participants are urged to wear hats, hiking shoes, long pants and long-sleeved shirts and bring water, lunch and insect repellent. Covell will supply nets but volunteers can use cameras, binoculars and notebooks.

Last year's local count yielded 36 species and 765 individual butterflies.

Volunteers should meet at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Sugarbabe Antiques in Brownsboro, about one mile northwest of Exit 14 off Interstate 71.

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