NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE,
AUGUST 7, 2019 (Wednesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Verica LeBlanc leaves some comments on butterflies, that others are
noticing as well. With the cool wet spring she was wondering what type of year
it would be for butterflies. She had a lot of action in 2017 and little action
in 2018. She was pleased and pleasantly surprised on July the 18th
to July 20th to have a visit from a WHITE ADMIRAL butterfly and a
CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL [Papillon tigré du Canada]to her Miramichi yard.
After their brief visit, nothing. Then on August the 7th, they
finally arrived, it seems in pairs,as she had two of each of AMERICAN LADY [Vanesse
de Virginie], PAINTED LADY [Belle dame], RED ADMIRAL [Vulcain] and the usual
CLOUDED SULPHER [Coliade du tréfle] and CABBAGE WHITE [Piéride du chou]
butterflies. Only the RED ADMIRALS seem to spend their time on the Astible
plant. The others in spite of the variety of flowers, including Milkweed, seem
to favour the Cone Flowers. Verica got some nice photos to show the eye spot
arrangement to differentiate the AMERICAN LADY and the PAINTED LADY, as well as
the more pronounced bulge in the fore wing of the AMERICAN LADY.
**Eric Wilson leaves a heads up, noticing some wide open viewing of
some small shore birds in the oval (lake) beside St. George Blvd. in Moncton,
an area I suspect many of us forget to monitor. As well, GREAT BLUE HERON
[Grand Héron] and LESSER
YELLOWLEGS [Petit Chevalier] are there. Eric comments there are some juvenile
WARBLERS in the surrounding alders and small decidious trees, especially along
the side that is blocked off currently.
**Aldo Doiro got his
first BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER [Pluvier argenté] of the season on Hay Island on
Tuesday, noting the strong remmants of breeding plumage.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
AMERICAN LADY BUTTERFLY. AUG 6, 2019. VERICA LeBLANC
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. JULY 6, 2019. ALDO DORIO
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. JULY 6, 2019. ALDO DORIO
CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY. AUG 6, 2019. VERICA LeBLANC
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY. AUG 6, 2019. VERICA LeBLANC
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLYS. AUG 6, 2019. VERICA LeBLANC
