Donna Brunet led about 20 intrepid explorers here at the PGT seeking butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and the latest prairie blooms on a warm August day. It was about the 8th annual Butterfly Walk, and had the most attendees yet. Attendance was boosted by the notice to Missouri Prairie Foundation members along with slightly less hot, humid weather. Donna is creating a new butterfly book that will be published by the Missouri Department of Conservation in 2011. We needed a few clones of her as people spread out along the walk and called “Donna what’s this one?” while another yelled “Donna, what’s that brown spotted one?” a hundred feet up the path. It was a record year for numbers of species seen, though not necessarily for quantities of butterflies.