** Susan Richards got a photo of a WHITE-LINED SPHINX moth
as well as a CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL on the numerous blooming lilacs at
Cornhill Nursery on Tuesday. The Nessus Sphinx is much less common than the
often seen Hummingbird Clearwing moth in my experience.
** Richard Perron got a photo of a very content appearing
clump of blooming YELLOW LADY’S SLIPPERS in a cedar swamp off the Ste-Anne Rd
near Aboujagane on Monday. They must be at the peak of their bloom time at the
moment and like alkaline and cedar swamps as a favoured habitat.
** Eric Wilson comments he very much enjoys the cacaphony in
the evening and morning of a VEERY
[Grive fauve] in backwoods behind his home on Rural Estates Dr in
Moncton. The evening song of thrushes is truly a pleasant part of the closing
day.
** At the recent Festival of Nature weekend in Sackville, one
of the leaders pointed Chamisso’s Cottongrass as an uncommon species of
cottongrass in NB. Sean Blaney points out that Chamisso’s Cottongrass is
actually a western species not in NB, and this would have been RUSTY COTTON
GRASS. Photos sent out labeled incorrectly have been corrected on the blog spot
of June 8 and June 11, and the Nature Moncton Information Line that is retained
as a separate record has been corrected.
** Nature Moncton meeting is on tonight. The guests will be
Paul and Ann Vautour to speak on BEES AND BEEKEEPING, to include the amazing
social life of the Honey Bee and the impact that honey has made on history. No
doubt other members of our wild bee community will be mentioned and the part
that they play. Paul and Ann are very active members of the beekeeping
community in NB and very knowledgeable about their charges, and their
fascinating biology. Paul and Ann are wonderful speakers and will have a lot of
bee information to share and have been known to bring sweet surprises to their
presentations. The meeting will take place at Rotary Park Lodge across from
Cabela’s starting at 7 pm, tonight, Tuesday night, June 16th.
Nelson Poirier,Nature Moncton
CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY.JUNE 15, 2015.SUSAN RICHARDS
WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH.JUNE 15, 2015.SUSAN RICHARDS
YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER.JUNE 15, 2015.RICHARD PERRON
