Posts Tagged ‘Mourning Cloak’

Spring, er, Winter Update by , Ranger

February 3rd, 2012

I saw two butterfly species on this second day of February, several Sleepy Oranges and a Mourning Cloak. Spring Peepers have been calling, as mentioned in an earlier post. Today, I actually saw one. Besides the snake being captured by a Red-shouldered Hawk last Friday, Kent (Animal Department) reported seeing what was probably the same [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Mourning Cloak and Bluebirds by , Ranger

March 17th, 2011

The Mourning Cloak (nymphalis antiopa) in the above photo was not the first of its species to be seen at the Museum this season, but it was the first that allowed a close enough approach to be photographed. Before this butterfly posed for its picture, it had been fluttering about the upper branches of an elm [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Butterflies are flying! by , Ranger

March 8th, 2011

On Saturday, March 5th a Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) landed on one of the river rocks that make up the border around the U-shaped pond in Catch the Wind. I’ve been seeing butterflies for several weeks, but this is the first one that sat long enough for me to get a photo. And, if they [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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A Widow, Mourning Cloaks, Pugs, and Hairstreaks by , Ranger

May 31st, 2009

A Widow Skimmer (dragonfly) was seen in Catch the Wind on 24 May for the first sighting of the species this season. This sighting was a week or so earlier than last year’s first occurrence (see Widow Skimmer, Explore the Wild Journal, June 1-15, 2008). Over the past few weeks I’ve seen at least one, [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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A Busy Time for Arthropods by , Ranger

May 15th, 2009

A large millipede (about 4 inches) was seen walking across the path in front of the Ornithopter. My best guess is that it was Narceus americanus. N. Americanus is the classic, round-in-cross-section form of millipede that’s most often encountered in our area. The other locally common millipede is about two inches in length, has a [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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The Wheel, a Hopper, a Borer, and a Carpet Beetle by , Ranger

April 30th, 2009

Dragonfly and damselfly species are picking up. Seen this period were (dates next to names indicate day in which that species was first observed this season) Fragile Forktail, Citrine Forktail (4/18), Orange Bluet (4/27), Skimming Bluet (4/28), Common Green Darner, Swamp Darner, Common Baskettail, Eastern Pondhawk (4/25), Blue Corporal (4/25), Blue Dasher (4/27), Common Whitetail, [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Butterflies, Dragons, Tent Dwellers, a Forester, and a Tiger by , Ranger

April 15th, 2009

Fragile Forktails continue to emerge from the Wetlands (see Fragile Forktail, Explore the Wild Journal, March 16-31, 2009), although I’m now seeing females as well as males. Among the other odes observed during the first half of April were Common Green Darner, Swamp Darner, Common Baskettail, and Common Whitetail. Butterflies seen this period were Eastern [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Aquatics, Early Butterflies, and Bees and Wasps by , Ranger

March 15th, 2009

Although the first few days of March were cold and snowy, by the end of the first week it had warmed enough so that many insects, absent for months, were once again busily going about their daily routines. Aquatic insects observed in the Wetlands during the first half of March were Whirligig Beetle, various diving [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Summer Heat Brings Out the Bugs by , Ranger

June 15th, 2008

With the heat comes more insects, and for the ode (dragonfly and damselfly) lovers among you, good news. June has brought us five more species of dragonfly. Eastern Pondhawk, Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Widow Skimmer, Great Blue Skimmer, and the tiny yet very distinctive Eastern Amberwing have all joined the growing list of twenty-one species seen since [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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