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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: Janet Tubb on June 23, 2012, 01:04:12 AM

Title: Eastpoint Park Butterflies
Post by: Janet Tubb on June 23, 2012, 01:04:12 AM

Yesterday afternoon I saw:
Cabbage White
Red Admiral
Question Mark
Eastern Swallowtail
and something small and yellow that was too fast for me to get a good look.

Title: Re: Eastpoint Park Butterflies
Post by: Bluffs Birder on June 23, 2012, 11:56:26 PM

Hi Janet,

I visited East Point Park today (Saturday) and found 3 Little Yellow butterflies, yes that's their name.  They were flying at good speed along the wood chip trail by the lake.  They look very similar to the other yellow butterflies that we normally see but roughly about half the size.  It might have been what you saw yesterday.

Little Yellow
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-36ZAGJzPdmA/T-ZonbY0rhI/AAAAAAAAXO4/Taoqt7vAUQg/s640/Little%2520Yellow%2520%25287%2529.JPG)

Also saw 9 of these beauties...

Common Buckeye
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--0yg7Gt7o98/T-ZtGXtJ9yI/AAAAAAAAXQc/fyf4AjZV0QM/s640/Common%2520Buckeye%2520%252844%2529.JPG)

Walter