2024 April 22 afternoon
Marie O’Shaughnessy writes: I did always want to know where butterflies go when it clouds over, so finally I found a male Sara Orangetip hanging in an oak tree on Mount Douglas yesterday Sunday. April 21. Only one male flying fleetingly around. The underside of a butterfly truly does help in camouflage . Just learning all these fascinating things about nature. Can’t wait for the dragonflies to emerge and return later this month.
Male Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara (...
2024 April 22 morning
Marie O’Shaughnessy photographed a gravid female White-ribboned Carpet Mesoleuca gratulata in flight and looking to oviposit on blackberry leaves at the corner lot of Kerryview Drive and Petworth Drive, April 20.
Mesoleuca gratulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
Mesoleuca gratulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Marie O’Shaughnessy