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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2010 Blogs >> FWG blog: April 2010 > Mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
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05-APR-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

I saw two mourning cloaks today, and two spring azures, the former expected, but the latter quite early. I would have been more surprised if I hadn't heard that someone else had seen a few elsewhere in Ottawa! No chance of a photo as they were moving constantly, sometimes low across the ground, other times twirling around each other high into the trees. In addition to the butterflies, there were good numbers of bees (Nomada, Andrenids, a few big bumblebee queens), flies, Asian ladybeetles, and a tiny, tiny Braconid wasp,

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
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Date/Time05-Apr-2010 14:35:31
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slhoornstra06-Apr-2010 01:20
A beautiful capture, sounds like the woods are brimming with new life and excitement!! V
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