The Star-Ledger has a nifty article (with video) about National Moth Week in Tuesday’s editions.  (Just note that they have the wrong date for Moth Night at DeKorte Park. The correct date is next Monday, July 22.)

The link is here.

Jill Ann Ziemkiewicz, for whom DeKorte Park’s beautiful butterfly garden is named,  died 17 years ago today.

She was part of the crew of TWA Flight 800, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island on July 17, 1996.

The Meadowlands Commission decided to hold Butterfly Day in late July in part to honor her memory.

Jill’s Garden, with its wonderful array of blooming flowers and butterfly bushes, is an amazing yet tranquil place.

You can read more about the flight and the crew here and here.

These guys are so prevalent at DeKorte Park these days you can take lots of pix and play with camera settings.  This guy was photographed at a 1/2,500th of a second to keep those amazing wings from blurring.