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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: Brian Bailey on April 25, 2009, 09:32:04 PM

Title: Red Admiral
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 25, 2009, 09:32:04 PM

I had a Red Admiral in my yard this afternoon.  I saw a sulphur earlier in the week, but this is the first of the larger butterflies I've seen this year.

BB

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Post by: Bird Brain on April 25, 2009, 09:57:00 PM

Brian ... very nice.  :)

Back on April 5th, I saw a Red Admiral at Lake Aquitaine and today saw 2 Mourning Cloak here at Lake A. as well.   The two today were being harassed by a bee!  :x

Jo-Anne

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Post by: angelicque on April 26, 2009, 02:30:27 AM

tons of mourning cloaks and compton tortoiseshells were spotted at humber aboretum, as well as some silvery blues, mustard whites & orange sulphurs at tommy thompson park last week-end! only mourning cloaks so far by the western lakeshore parks.

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Post by: Bird Brain on April 26, 2009, 03:38:25 PM

Angelicque ... great to know!   Nice list.

I haven't been to the Humber Arboretum since 1983 ... imagine it's changed a bit since then.   :lol:

Hoping to see a Black Swallowtail again this year (saw one last year at Lake Aquitaine).  What a beauty!  

Jo-Anne  :)

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Post by: Tommy on April 27, 2009, 10:31:48 PM

It's too early for Silvery Blues. their flight season is not until middle to late May. It must be Spring Azure you saw!  :D
Also there are lots of Cabbage White flying right now. First flight Mustard Whites are not common and will have the dark-veins in the ventral hindwing and are only found in wooded area.

First flight of the Black Swallowtails is a couple of weeks away but the first flight are harder to find. Wait until the Mid-July broods which are more abundant.   :wink:

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Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2009, 12:35:29 AM

Thought I'd add some colour to this thread - from Centre Island today.

(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/WingsofFuryPhotography/RedAdmiral.jpg)

Title: mustard whites ????
Post by: Craig McL on April 28, 2009, 08:48:37 AM

Hi angelicque I think you might want to reelook at the mustard whites you saw out on the spit .... :shock:

there range is north of the GTA I have heard of only 1 other sighting on the bass lands but that is in question ..

just so you know though there have bin 55 species seen out there and some rely good ones to !! like Cloudless Sulphur ,
Sachem skipper ( not by me  :( ! ) Grey Comma and Giant Swallowtail !!! to name a few ... But also always look out for the Harvester witch is a nice looking butterfly there have bin 2 small community one on the bass and one father out in the past !!

thanks for the update I going out on the next sunny hot day !!   :D

Craig

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on April 28, 2009, 03:36:49 PM

Good information Craig, thanks for sharing.

Over the past two weeks or so I've observed the following butterflies along the top of the Scarborough Bluffs from the Bellamy Ravine to Rosetta McClain Gardens.

Cabbage White
Spring Azure
Eastern Comma
Compton's Tortoiseshell
Mourning Cloak
American Lady

Walter