2022 April 6

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  Although, as an astronomer, I insist that Spring begins at the moment when the Sun crosses the equator, there are those who believe that Spring is marked by the first appearance of the Orangetip butterfly.  In that case, Spring has arrived, for two were seen and reported yesterday from Mount Douglas Park:

Marie O’Shaughnessy writes:  Despite the wind today, April 5th 2022, this was my first sighting of a Sara Orangetip.   It was seen at the top parking lot of Mount Douglas, attempting to nectar from dandelion.    And Val George writes:  This afternoon, April 5, I saw my first Sara Orangetip (a male) of the season near the playground at Mount Douglas Park. At the same location, there was a Satyr Comma.

 

Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Satyr Anglewing Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Val George