NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 18 July
2020 (Saturday)
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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Transcript by: Catherine Clements
Info Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Rhéal Vienneau caught a
female MONARCH BUTTERFLY [Monarque] on July 11th
and released her on his SWAMP MILKWEED
[Asclépiade incarnate] patch on July 13th, after she had deposited
100 eggs for Rhéal
to raise and release. Rhéal comments a female can lay up to 300-400 eggs. At that rate, imagine how
many eggs never reach caterpillar stage. Rhéal will be rearing the butterflies
from those eggs to
tag and release them in approximately a month, ready to start their flight to
Mexico. Rhéal also found several caterpillars on his Swamp
Milkweed patch, but missed seeing the female when she obviously oviposited. Rhéal got a great video of the
female on July 11th ovipositing, but we are having challenges to get a link to
share it.
**Brian Stone paid a
visit to Wilson (Bell) Marsh. He found a LEOPARD FROG [Grenouille léopard]
still holding on to its tadpole tail. BEAVERS [Castor] are present at the marsh
and are chewing down lots of trees alongside the marsh. Aspen [Tremble] trees
are popular with Beaver. Note the way the Beaver chews the trees it chooses on
an angle, to have them fall in the direction the Beaver wants them to. An
overall photo of the marsh area shows how fast the foliage has exploded over
the past few months. A CLOUDED SULPHUR BUTTERFLY [Coliade du trèfle] posed
nicely to show the two rings on its wing, and a TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER
DRAGONFLY [la Gracieuse] shows its flashing spotted wings. A YELLOW WARBLER
[Paruline jaune] was carrying delicious insects to a hungry family. After two
days, Brian thought it was ok to feed more Brine Shrimp [Artémie] to the
YELLOW-SPOTTED SALAMANDER [Salamandre maculée] larva that he’s keeping in an
aquarium in his home. It ate ravenously again to give its belly a nice orange
tint, as the photo shows.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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