NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, August 1, 2020
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**Aldo Dorio got a photo of some very special
butterflies on Friday: SALT-MARSH COPPERS [Cuivre des marais salés]. This is
one of only four species endemic to Canada. It is found along the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, northeastern New Brunswick to Inverness County, Nova Scotia, and
coastal areas of PEI, as well as the Gaspé Coast. Its host plant is a species
of Silverweed [Argentine]. Jim Edsall confirmed the identification.
Aldo also
got another COMMON WOOD NYMPH BUTTERFLY [Satyre des prés] that seems to be so
prevalent lately.
**Margaret Scott-Rogers got a photo of a
WHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK MOTH caterpillar [Chenille à houppes blanches]. Margie is
sharing her geraniums with the caterpillar. Lucky lady! The bright red head,
white to yellow mid-dorsal tufts, and black mid-dorsal stripe flanked by yellow
sub-dorsal stripes are diagnostic to identify this caterpillar. This again was
Edsall-confirmed.
**Gordon Rattray got some nice butterfly
photos on Friday. The ATLANTIS FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY [Argynne de l'Atlantique]
shows the grey eye and the dark wing border. The MUSTARD WHITE [Piéride des
crucières] would be from a second brood, as the first brood is seen very early
in the season. The second brood shows more pale shading on the wing veins. The
CABBAGE WHITE [Piéride du chou] is one of our common non-native species. The
photo shows the dark wing spot and the black tip of the forewing. A HUMMINGBIRD
CLEARWING MOTH [Sphinx colibri] joined in.
Gordon
watched a thunderhead cloud forming, looking east over Pré-d'en-Haut at 6:15
Friday night, and could hear the rumbles.
**Verica LeBlanc got some photos of a
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth in her Miramichi flower garden, to make it the first
ever for her. It has been a good year for this moth species. A comment from
Daryl Doucet was interesting. He recalls being an avid moth collector in the
1970s, and never saw a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth then. He feels they have
gradually become more numerous in recent years.
**For mushroom connoisseurs, Kevin Renton
reports that he found a patch of FIELD MUSHROOMS [Agaric champêtre] on Friday
that are about to hit the pan to be sautéed.
** The
Honeysuckle shrubs are in full berry at the moment showing their berries
twinned with a shared ovary. These bright red succulent berries are a bird connoisseur
favourite. A photo is attached.
Nelson Poirier, Nature Moncton
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