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** Danny Sullivan got some nice photos of a NORTHERN PEARLY-EYE [Satyre
perlé] butterfly and a NORTHERN CRESCENT [Croissant perlé]. As mentioned
earlier, the Northern Pearly-eye is one of the few truly shade-loving
butterflies that is more apt to fly on cloudy days than other butterflies, and
often late in the day.
** Newly fledged AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle d'Amérique] are abundant at the
moment. Brian Stone photographed a typically spotted youngster in his home yard
on Saturday.
** Aldo Dorio got a photo of a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON [Bihoreau gris] in
Tracadie on Friday. There has been a rookery of this species in the Lamèque
area.
** On Saturday I came across some MOURNING CLOAK [Morio] butterfly
caterpillars foraging on RED OSIER DOGWOOD [Hart rouge] leaves. It’s a striking
caterpillar I’ve never seen before. It has a spiny, black body speckled with
white and with a row of eight red blotches along the middle of the back. Note
the orange-red prolegs and anal prolegs. A colourful caterpillar, they were
approximately 5.5 cm in length.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
AMERICAN ROBIN(YOUNG-OF-THE-YEAR). JULY 01, 2017. BRIAN STONE
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON.JUNE 30, 2017.ALDO DORIO
MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY CATERPILLAR. JULY 1, 2017.NELSON POIRIER
MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY CATERPILLAR. JULY 1, 2017.NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN CRESCENT BUTTERFLY. JUNE 30, 2017. DANNY SULLIVAN
NORTHERN PEARLY-EYE BUTTERFLY. JUNE 30, 2017. DANNY SULLIVAN
