[NatureNS] Butterflies and a moth on Saturday

Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:52:17 -0300
From: Peter Payzant <pce@accesswave.ca>
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With yesterday's glorious weather, we decided to go out looking for 
early butterflies. It was so pleasant to be able to walk around outside 
without being attacked by blackflies and mosquitoes!

In the Mount Uniacke area we saw one late "Infant" moth, lamentably 
glued to a fresh animal dropping and struggling to get free.

Also in Mt. Uniacke we saw our first Spring Azure of the season, and 
also an Elfin. These are tiny brown butterflies, about the size of your 
thumbnail, and they only fly in the early spring. We have five species 
in the province: Brown, Hoary, Henry's, Bog and Eastern Pine. Now is the 
time to be on the watch for them - look for them sunning themselves on 
the ground on country roads and barrens, or sipping moisture from wet 
ground.

Ours was probably a Henry's. Here 
<http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/image/111737621>'s a photo.

Peter Payzant




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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">With yesterday's glorious weather,
we decided to go out looking for early butterflies. It was so pleasant
to be able to walk around outside without being attacked by blackflies
and mosquitoes! <br>
<br>
In the Mount Uniacke area we saw one late "Infant" moth, lamentably
glued to a fresh animal dropping and struggling to get free. <br>
<br>
Also in Mt. Uniacke we saw our first Spring Azure of the season, and
also an Elfin. These are tiny brown butterflies, about the size of your
thumbnail, and they only fly in the early spring. We have five species
in the province: Brown, Hoary, Henry's, Bog and Eastern Pine. Now is
the time to be on the watch for them - look for them sunning themselves
on the ground on country roads and barrens, or sipping moisture from
wet ground.<br>
<br>
Ours was probably a Henry's. <a
 href="http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/image/111737621">Here</a>'s a
photo.<br>
<br>
Peter Payzant<br>
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