** Jan Harris got a photo of a cooperative HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING [Sphinx
colibri] moth. There seems to be a lot of this moth being noted this year.
** On Saturday, Anne Marsch took some of us out to the site on New
Scotland Road, where she had found 3 uncommon SILVERY CHECKERSPOT [Damier
argenté] butterflies on Thursday. The activity had heightened at that spot; well
over a dozen of them were flying. A seemingly equal number of similar NORTHERN
CRESCENT [Croissant perlé] butterflies were flying with them. It made a nice
learning experience to see the difference between these two. Two of each species
cooperatively perched near enough to one another, to get them in the same photo.
An EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR [Livrée d'Amérique] was noted, briskly moving on the
ground. Note the solid white line on the top to differentiate it from the broken
white line of the similar FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR [Livrée des forêts]. A photo
of Anne surveying her find is also attached.
** The Silvery Checkerspot was not Anne and Brian’s only find of the day.
A JUTTA ARCTIC [Nordique des tourbières] butterfly was also found on a wood
road, as well as a hard-to-locate chrysalis of the BALTIMORE CHECKERSPOT
[Baltimore] butterfly.
** Aldo Dorio got photos above and below of a SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL
[Papillon queue-courte] butterfly on Saturday at Hay Island. Note the pointed
non spatulate tails and the yellow band with only a trace of a spot in the cell
of the hindwing. This butterfly, similar to the Black Swallowtail is only found
in some areas along the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast.
** Julie Pellerin and Richard Léger were exploring the dirt road portion
of the Sainte-Anne Road behind the Beauséjour Campground, near Shediac, on
Saturday. They came across a COMMON NIGHTHAWK [Engoulevent d'Amérique]
displaying and calling in the same area where they had encountered one a few
years ago, making them wonder about there being a territory. They also had a
NORTHERN GOSHAWK [Autour des palombes] perch roadside for nice observations.
Julie has an AMERICAN BITTERN [Butor d'Amérique] seeming to use a pond in her
Cap-Brûlé backyard with frequency. On a ride to the Cookville area, she spotted
a EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE [Pioui de l’Est].
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
ANNE MARSCH (BUTTERFLY SLEUTH).JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
BALTIMORE CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY CHRYSALIS. JUNE 27, 2015. BRIAN STONE
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR.JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING MOTH.JUNE 20, 2015.JAN HARRIS
JUTTA ARCTIC BUTTERFLY. JUNE 27, 2015. BRIAN STONE
NORTHERN CRESCENT BUTTERFLIES MATING.JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY.JUNE 27, 2015...ALDO DORIO
SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY.JUNE 27, 2015...ALDO DORIO
SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY.JUNE 27, 2015...ALDO DORIO
SILVERY CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLIES (CENTER) AND NORTHERN CRESCENT BUTTERFLIES (OUTSIDE).JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
SILVERY CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLIES (CENTER) AND NORTHERN CRESCENT BUTTERFLIES (OUTSIDE).JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
SILVERY CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY.JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
SILVERY CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY.JUNE 27, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
