Butterflies - Rouge Park, Scarborough
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Butterflies - Rouge Park, Scarborough

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Bluffs Birder

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on: May 22, 2011, 03:51:00 AM
Went for a hike in Rouge Park yesterday along the Vista and the Orchard trails in search of Butterflies.  Highlight was finding 2 Harvesters (North America's only carnivorous butterfly).

Wild Indigo Duskywing
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Harvester (Vista Trail woods)
Spring Azure
Silvery Blue
Northern Crescent
Question Mark
Mourning Cloak

(Harvester)


Walter
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Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011, 08:31:08 PM
Walter ... nice.   :)  

So far this Spring, I'm only sighting Cabbage White.
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Jo-Anne :)

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Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011, 09:44:46 PM
Harvester is tough to come by here. Very nice. Thanks for sharing the photo.
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Reply #3 on: May 22, 2011, 11:16:50 PM
Excellent Walter, I must try the Rouge trails.  I've only ever been once earlier this spring.  Do you find a particular time of day better for butterflies?
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Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011, 09:17:44 PM
Hi Moira,

Any time during the mid-day heat seems to be best.

Walter
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