365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis Antiopa
Day 173: If you take into account the fact that we're still in the month of March, you'd have to agree that Pack Forest offered up a butterfly bonanza today. Not only did I see two Commas (presumably Green, although they didn't alight to let me check their identification), I saw four individual Mourning Cloaks (Nymphalis antiopa). Three were between the Reservoir Trail and the water tower; the fourth was a mile closer to the administrative compound. My field guide says that adults may over-winter, emerging to fly on "snowy-sunny days."
Labels:
1000 Rd.,
butterfly,
Mourning Cloak,
Nymphalis antiopa,
Pack Forest
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