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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: David Shilman on June 18, 2007, 09:42:08 PM

Title: Butterfly ID help
Post by: David Shilman on June 18, 2007, 09:42:08 PM

On the 15th, I saw a small (~2cm), black butterfly, with 2 distinct white spots on each wing (2 on each forewing, 2 on each hindwing for a total of 8 ).

Anyone?  Craig? :)

David

Title: bump
Post by: David Shilman on June 20, 2007, 10:13:01 PM

No one?  Where ya be, Craig?

David

Title: black butterfly ??
Post by: Craig McL on June 21, 2007, 04:53:36 AM

Good morning Dave  ( well its 4:45 am so ya its morning  :lol: )

I have bin doing a film just north of the Toronto Zoo as of late and the small butterfly you describe has bin fling in that area also , and in the Durham forest and almost every wear I look ( except my back yard ?????)

BUT its not a Butterfly its a day flying moth !!  :shock: !! ya man their are a number of species like this in the moth family , if you might have seen will you watched them they tend to land and move out of the sun rather than set in it like other Butterflies do !!

once I unpack my moth books I will be a ball to give you a name on it ,

best of best
Craig

Title: Help Identifying Another Moth
Post by: Axeman on June 21, 2007, 04:21:55 PM

Hi,

A few weeks ago, I spotted a moth that looked like a hummingbird visiting some apple blossoms...the body was shaped like a shrip (fat at the head and tapering to end) and it had two yellow stripes like a bee.....it was a pinkish brown colour...

Please fill in the blank.... You saw a __________________ otherwise known as scientific name.

Title: Hummingbird Moth
Post by: Craig McL on June 21, 2007, 09:55:26 PM

O your going to hate this one !! :wink:  what you saw was a "Hummingbird Moth" their wide spread from Point Pelee to Algonquin park !! still not in my back yard yet !! but I have only bin hear for a month !! hahahaaa..

I hope you can get a closes look though ! their vary good looking but move fast ..

Craig

P/S I still have not got to my moth book so I do not have the scientific name

Title: Eight-Spotted Forester Moth
Post by: Tommy on June 23, 2007, 09:32:31 PM

It is the Eight-Spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculate)  :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/i.post/pic/Eight-spotted-Forester-moth.jpg)

Title:
Post by: David Shilman on June 23, 2007, 09:48:25 PM

That's it...cool, thanks.

Oh, and the Hummingbird Moths are also known as Sphynx Moths.  Saw one at Carden a couple of weeks ago.

David

Title:
Post by: Tommy on June 29, 2007, 11:01:50 PM

:arrow:
It’s actually known as the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris tysbe). (I call it a flying shrimp :lol: )
It belong to the Sphinx Moth family Sphingidae, subfamily Macroglossinae and the Genus Hemaris.
Here is one:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/i.post/pic/Hummingbird-clearwing.jpg)

Title:
Post by: David Shilman on June 30, 2007, 09:22:08 AM

Nice pic...where was it taken?

David

Title: Since we are on the subject
Post by: Napper on July 03, 2007, 02:04:32 PM

Would one of you fine ladies or gentlemen please tell me what this is...

I have never seen one until this year.

this was at the Wainfleet bog

thanx Napper  :lol:

(http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/albums/album01/bog4.sized.jpg)

Title: Fritillary ??
Post by: Craig McL on July 03, 2007, 02:35:01 PM

it looks to me like a Great Spangied Fritillary , was it large ?? or small ?? but it is from the fritillary famaly

Craig

Title: Great Spangied Fritillary
Post by: Napper on July 03, 2007, 04:14:59 PM

thanx  Craig McL

It was sitting on an old rail line used I assume to extract peat from the bog.
The rail line was small unlike a true Rail car line..   Maximum 2 inches in width (rail)

from this info you can get an idea of the Butterfly and it's size..  

Napper:)

Title:
Post by: Axeman on July 11, 2007, 12:29:51 AM

Thanks to Tommy from June 29 photo post...that is exactly the animal I saw...after Craig said it was a hummingbird moth, I tried to look up the exact one...and couldn't find it...

              :D

Title: Napper ! Great Spangied Fritillary
Post by: Craig McL on July 11, 2007, 09:42:55 AM

your discripson and sise wood mack it a Great Spangied Fritillary

Craig