NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July 05, 2017
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**There are several species of SKIPPER butterflies that
can be tricky to identify. Louise Nichols got some excellent photos of some in
her Sackville yard on Tuesday. Jim Edsall helped us confirm them. With the
TAWNY-EDGED SKIPPER photos, Jim comments to notice that the black dash does not
continue on across the wing and also the wing is largely brown except for the
tawny edge. In the photo Louise got of two Tawny-edged Skippers together one is
a male and the one without the black dash is a
female.
(sure hope we have these labelled correctly)
**Georges Brun got a photo of a PEREGRINE FALCON nest on
the summit of Assumption Place in Moncton on Sunday. It appears as if one chick
is visible in the photo. I have heard no reports on how many chicks are in the
nest.
**CADDISFLIES are a very common insect that develop
underwater of clean water streams. We have many species in NB and each one
tends to choose a time to emerge as a winged adult on a mating mission, often as
a swarm. Brian Stone noted this on Monday evening to get a photo of one of
these delta winged species. They tend to flutter about looking like moths,
usually at dusk and are attracted to lights. Caddisflies play an important role
in Mother Nature's community as food for stream inhabitants and again as food
for terrestrial inhabitants on their mating flights. If the waters are clean,
the reproductive rate keeps their populations stable.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
CADDISFLY. JULY 03, 2017. BRIAN STONE
TAWNY-EDGED SKIPPER (FEMALE). LOUISE NICHOLS. JULY 2, 2017
LONG DASH SKIPPER. LOUISE NICHOLS. JULY 2, 2017
PEREGRINE FALCON NEST. JULY 2 2017. GEORGES BRUNa
TAWNY-EDGED SKIPPER. LOUISE NICHOLS. JULY 2, 2017. JPG
TAWNY-EDGED SKIPPERS (MALE AND FEMALE). LOUISE NICHOLS. JULY 2, 2017. JPG
