Nature Moncton Nature News: June 30 2022

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

June 30, 2022 (Thursday)

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**Eric Wilson shares a photo of a very cryptic Luna Moth taken by a neighbor near Magnetic Hill in Moncton.

Eric reports he has also located a breeding pair of Northern Cardinals off Charles Lutes in north Moncton and heard and watched 20 minutes of a Common Nighthawk taking a daytime flight.

**Of the dozens of Monarch Butterfly caterpillars Jane LeBlanc had in her St. Martins yard, there are few survivors. She found one about an inch long. They were approximately a quarter inch long when she first noticed them. She found one dead one that had been preyed on by something, but there are few others she can find.

**Fred and Lynn Dube had another very colourful spider visit their Lower Coverdale home on Wednesday. Lynn convincingly identified it as a male JUMPING SPIDER (EURDPHRYS MONADNOCK).

They are normally under 1 cm in length. The colour is striking!

**Brian Stone sends some photos from the Nature Moncton "Wednesday Walk" outing along the Hall's Creek Trails on the Crowley Farm Rd. Interestingly led by Roger Leblanc, a group of 10 nature lovers spent 2 hours enjoying just a small segment of what the trails could offer. The first bird spotted, a Philadelphia Vireo, proved to be a ‘lifer’ for Brian and possibly some of the others. At the same spot an Ovenbird made an appearance and further along the trails a pair (male and female) of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers called and flew among the treetops in the dim, fading light. Many other birds were seen and heard but not photographed including a Northern Cardinal, Veery, Northern Parula, American Robins, American Redstart, and others.

Anita Cannon brought a Calligrapha Leaf Beetle that she found at home to show and discuss, and David Cannon found a variety of Crane Fly at the first stop along the trail that went home with Brian for a studio photo attempt.

**Nelson Poirier’s moth light set-up had more new customers on Tuesday night including the medium to large size Northern Pine Sphynx moth and the Sharp-lined Tussock moth (Dasychira dorsipennata)

Note the perched style of the tussock moth. This posture is very helpful in leading one to the tussock moth group for identification.

Nelson Poirier

Nature Moncton

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