[NatureNS] First Butterfly - European Large Tortoiseshell

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Just to continue the trend, I noticed a dark butterfly atop Cape Split
today. It alit from the pathway and I never got a good look. It was my
first butterfly of the year.

-Chris Kennedy

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 9:42 PM, <pce@accesswave.ca> wrote:

> Hi, Larry-
>
> It sure looks like a Compton Tortoiseshell to me, and that would be far
> more likely.
>
> The photo in Kaufman is awfully dark, but he does say that the white spot
> on the leading edge of the HW is diagnostic.
>
> Check out the photo on the NS Butterflies web site:
> https://novascotiabutterflies.ca/ss.cgi?s=coto
>
> --- Peter Payzant
>
>
>
> On 2018-04-21 8:47 PM, Larry Bogan wrote:
>
>> Today, while walking a forest road north of Kingston, N.S. I encountered
>> my first butterfly of the season.  At first I missed it and then when I
>> came back to the same spot, it was there and I was able to get some images
>> of it open wings. At first glance it looked like a Painted Lady but on
>> close examination of the images, it was not in the N.A. Butterfly book by
>> Kaufmann... except it looked like the Small Tortoiseshell.  A search of the
>> internet gave me a picture most like it and it was a Large Tortoiseshell.
>>     Is this unusual or have others seen this butterfly here?
>>
>> I have put the pictures up on e-butterfly.org.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Larry
>>
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Just to continue the trend, I noticed a dark butterfly ato=
p Cape Split today. It alit from the pathway and I never got a good look. I=
t was my first butterfly of the year.<div><br></div><div>-Chris Kennedy</di=
v></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, A=
pr 21, 2018 at 9:42 PM,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pce@access=
wave.ca" target=3D"_blank">pce@accesswave.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><bloc=
kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #cc=
c solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi, Larry-<br>
<br>
It sure looks like a Compton Tortoiseshell to me, and that would be far mor=
e likely.<br>
<br>
The photo in Kaufman is awfully dark, but he does say that the white spot o=
n the leading edge of the HW is diagnostic.<br>
<br>
Check out the photo on the NS Butterflies web site: <a href=3D"https://nova=
scotiabutterflies.ca/ss.cgi?s=3Dcoto" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">=
https://novascotiabutterflies.<wbr>ca/ss.cgi?s=3Dcoto</a><br>
<br>
--- Peter Payzant<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 2018-04-21 8:47 PM, Larry Bogan wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Today, while walking a forest road north of Kingston, N.S. I encountered my=
 first butterfly of the season.=C2=A0 At first I missed it and then when I =
came back to the same spot, it was there and I was able to get some images =
of it open wings. At first glance it looked like a Painted Lady but on clos=
e examination of the images, it was not in the N.A. Butterfly book by Kaufm=
ann... except it looked like the Small Tortoiseshell.=C2=A0 A search of the=
 internet gave me a picture most like it and it was a Large Tortoiseshell.<=
br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Is this unusual or have others seen this butterfly here?<br>
<br>
I have put the pictures up on <a href=3D"http://e-butterfly.org" rel=3D"nor=
eferrer" target=3D"_blank">e-butterfly.org</a>.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Larry<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>

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