Outdoor Ontario
Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: Anonymous on October 01, 2010, 09:50:18 PM
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No idea what kind this is - seen at Presqu'ile PP today. Any help would be most appreciated.
(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq326/WingsofFuryPhotography/Butterflies%20and%20Moths/IMG_9433.jpg)
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It's a buckeye (i've actually seen one in Col Sam park in November!). Did you see any monarchs?
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umm...some kind of hairstreak? Fulvous hairstreak?
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Its a buckeye
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Very pretty!
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Howieh - thanks! And yes - I stop counting monarchs after 50...quite a few around the Owen Point trails.
Axeman - thanks for your suggestion!
Reuven - thanks!
Ravynne - it sure is! I thought it was some type of cecropia (sp?)!
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lol umm...for the record....I'm not a dufous...Howieh's post wasn't there when i posted..honest...not sure how he got ahead of me....I would have deferred had I read it.....I actually got online to figure it out...I found pix but no ID's...I had no idea ID'ing butterflies was soooo ummm complex / difficult...
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It's called the 'bigshot effect':). Btw, I released my first monarch last Friday. She flew a bit but now she's sitting on some goldenrod in my backyard, feeding and hopefully waiting for favorable winds before taking off. I also have several white throated sparrows hanging around (on their way south?).
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Axeman - I believe you! As for id'ing butterflies/moths in Ontario, I'm actually just learning more about the different species here and when I see one I don't know and don't have time to look it up I post it on here in hopes that the local experts can help me! I really need to pick up a guide to butterflies/moths...lol
Howieh - the sparrows are on their way south, and are using Toronto as a staging/feeding area as part of their journey. :D
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Neat!
I was just doing some research and found this out from the "Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility" (http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/species/CommonBuckeye_e.php):
Abundance: This is normally only a rare stray in Canada, but in good migrant years temporary colonies can become established, and the Common Buckeye becomes locally common for one season.
Flight Season: In southern Ontario, migrating butterflies show up first in June and, if colonies are established by egg-carrying females, they can last through several generations to early September.
I wonder if a colony was created as Presqu'ile or if this was just a one off migratory specimen - neat that I saw it in October though!
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Howieh I knew there was a good explanation...I bow to all the big shots ! lol
Wow isn't late re: releasing monarchs? Up here (45 mins. south of Owen Sound) our milkweed have turned yellow and wilted...I haven't seen a monarch in some time...I released our last monarchs in the first week of September...
ADVICE for other novice butterfly rearers...I made the mistake of holding on to one of the monarchs until my little one arrived home from school...she didn't fly off right away and in fact roosted in some potted flowers...she was gone in the a.m....I thought she had flown off but a few days later I found a piece of a monarch wing and since there were no other monarchs around at the time, I assume she was eaten by something that went bump in the night...I felt terrible...I think, I may be wrong, but it is extremely important to release them first thing in the morning when they eclose...experts care to weigh in?