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We are fortunate enough to have 4butterfly bushes . There has been alot of
chatter lately about the Painted Lady explosion in NS and even in and about
metro . For my 2 cents worth I can attest that in the past weeks it has been
ridiculous the numbers of leps in our backyard. What prompted me to post my
observation as of late this afternoon was the diversity on the whit
butterfly bush. There in total as I stood in awe were at one time 4 Monarchs
, 2 red Admirals, 2 American Lady and approx 30(+/-) because they were
flitting around so much ( about 2 leps per blossom) .
Pardon the pun but it was literally as "busy as a beehive ".
The odes I observed today in Eastern Passagewere quite interesting too : At
one particular pond where there were both 12 spotted Skimmer and Common
White tail both jousting with each for territorial air space . I was hard
pressed to get a better air show than if I watched the Snowbirds or Blue
Angels. At one point a larger Common Green Darner would enter theyre
respective air space and they woud put the boots to him and then he would
book it around the pond .
But the hilite at the pond was seeing my first Wandering Glider of the
summer. I have seen Spot-winged Gliders thru out the summer in various parts
of the province interestingly without seeing any Wandering. The other note
worthy fact about this ode was that it was a recently emerged immature ( and
if I did not know better would say it had emerged here ) considering they
are a well known species for migrating northward and showing up here
usually in late summer/fall.
Also saw a 12 spotted Skimmer fly off its perch and take a loping Common
Ringlet butterfly on the wing in one pass . It was a amazing !
Other Odes :
Canada Darner
Green-striped Darner
Variable darner
White faced Meadowhawk
Cherry /Ruby faced meadowhawk
Other Leps:
Orange Sulphur
Clouded Sulphur
Cabbage White
Very fresh Viceroy
Common Wood Nymph ( old )
Great day in Marshes & Backyard
DB
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Derek W. Bridgehouse
Dartmouth, NS
" Purpose Propels Performance "
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fortunate enough to have 4butterfly bushes . There has been alot of =
chatter lately about the Painted Lady explosion in NS and even in and =
about metro . For my 2 cents worth I can attest that in the past weeks =
it has been ridiculous the numbers of leps in our backyard. What =
prompted me to post my observation as of late this afternoon was the =
diversity on the whit butterfly bush. There in total as I stood in awe =
were at one time 4 Monarchs , 2 red Admirals, 2 American Lady and approx =
30(+/-) because they were flitting around so much ( about 2 leps per =
blossom) .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Pardon the pun but it was literally as “busy as =
a beehive “.<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>The odes I =
observed today in Eastern Passagewere quite interesting too : At =
one particular pond where there were both 12 spotted Skimmer and Common =
White tail both jousting with each for territorial air space . I was =
hard pressed to get a better air show than if I watched the Snowbirds or =
Blue Angels. At one point a larger Common Green Darner would enter =
theyre respective air space and they woud put the boots to him and then =
he would book it around the pond . <o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>But the hilite at the pond was seeing my first =
<i>Wandering Glider</i> of the summer. I have seen Spot-winged Gliders =
thru out the summer in various parts of the province interestingly =
without seeing any Wandering. The other note worthy fact about this ode =
was that it was a recently emerged immature ( and if I did not know =
better would say it had emerged here ) considering they are a well =
known species for migrating northward and showing up here usually in =
late summer/fall.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Also saw a 12 =
spotted Skimmer fly off its perch and take a loping Common Ringlet =
butterfly on the wing in one pass . It was a amazing !<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Other Odes =
:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Canada Darner<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Green-striped Darner<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Variable darner<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>White faced Meadowhawk <o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Cherry /Ruby faced meadowhawk<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Other =
Leps:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Orange Sulphur<o:p></o:p></p><p =
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