2024 March 15
More Mourning Cloaks. At 2:30 pm, March 14, Marie O’Shaughnessy saw – and photographed – her first butterfly of the year near the Swan Lake Nature House.
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
And at 1:00 pm to day, March 15, Marie saw and photographed another one, in Uplands Park:
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
Aziza Cooper saw two Satyr Commas at the western end of Ross Bay cemetary – her first butterflies of the year – at the western end of Ross Bay Cemetery. She photographed one:
Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper