Nature Moncton Nature News: August 10 2017

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, August 10, 2017 ( Thursday )

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** Georges Brun noticed two MONARCH [Monarque] butterflies working the Milkweed patch next to the skateboard park by the riverfront trail in Moncton on Wednesday. The Milkweed patches in that area that are protected by the City of Moncton are getting very significant usage by the Monarch butterflies.

** Aldo Dorio is noticing lots of fledged, young of the year birds at Hay Island with all of its varied habitats. Note the just opening feathers in one of his photos.

** I am attaching photos of the CANADA DARNER dragonfly and the VARIABLE DARNER dragonfly. The markings on the thorax often help a lot to identify the large Darners cruising about at the moment. The Variable Darner is well named as the thoracic stripes are usually divided with blue above and greenish below as the photograph shows. Some individuals may have narrow and straight thoracic stripes to lead to the variability. The thoracic stripes on the Canada Darner are more reliable, with the front stripe with the sharp hook at the top of the front one and green grading to blue near the top. The specimen has a yellow/brown body as it is a female. These two specimens were flying in the Canada Nature Conservancy area near Escuminac.

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