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

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Bluffs Birder

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on: June 08, 2011, 09:20:58 PM
On a short visit (too hot, too humid, too windy, and the threat of T-storms!) to Rouge Park this afternoon, the following butterflies were seen along the Vista Trail.

Wild Indigo Duskywing
Least Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Orange Sulphur
Eastern Tailed Blue
Silvery Blue
Northern Crescent
Question Mark
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Ringlet
Monarch

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Reply #1 on: June 08, 2011, 09:45:54 PM
Wow - how come I don't see such a variety?  What a great walk Walter - it really was too hot though.
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Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 10:28:11 AM
Lots of nice butterflies along the first half of the Vista Trail Sunday afternoon including a new one for me - Dreamy Duskywing.

Silver-spotted Skipper
Northern Cloudywing
Dreamy Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Least Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Hobomok Skipper (including 'Pocahontas' form female)
Silvery Blue
Northern Crescent
Question Mark
Mourning Cloak
White Admiral
Viceroy
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Ringlet
Monarch

(Northern Cloudywing)


(Dreamy Duskywing)


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Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 11:03:57 PM
This is a photo that I took on Sunday at Rouge Park.  It's a Hobomok Skipper sitting in what's called the 'jet-plane position'.  A perfect name as it sure looks a lot like a CF-18 Hornet.  Hmm, request for a name change: CF-18 Hobomok. :)



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Reply #4 on: June 14, 2011, 11:10:45 PM
Great shots Walter - I find these hard to get.
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Reply #5 on: June 15, 2011, 12:27:57 AM
Thanks Moira.  No you're right, it's not always easy for sure.  Walter
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Reply #6 on: June 27, 2011, 06:07:29 PM
On an outing with my friend Susan we found the following butterflies along the Vista Trail on Sunday afternoon.

Silver-spotted Skipper
Least Skipper
European Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Long Dash
Hobomok Skipper
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Summer Azure
Silvery Blue
Northern Crescent
Question Mark
White Admiral
Northern Pearly-eye
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Ringlet
Monarch

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Reply #7 on: July 01, 2011, 04:07:05 PM
Today on the cedar trail

baltimore checkerspot
eastern tiger swallowtail
pearl crescent
little wood satyr
european skipper
two other unknown skippers



haploa confusa moth

widow skimmer
ebony jewelwing
some type of meadowhawk
a few bluets


eastern tiger swallowtail by Gary Yankech, on Flickr


baltimore checkerspot by Gary Yankech, on Flickr






a few highlight from last weekend on the vista trail


tawny edged skipper
pecks' skipper
least skipper
hobomok skipper
golden-backed snipe fly



tawny-edged skipper by Gary Yankech, on Flickr



Hobomok skipper by Gary Yankech, on Flickr


golden-backed snipe fly by Gary Yankech, on Flickr


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Reply #8 on: July 06, 2011, 12:27:58 PM
Congratulations, that's a magnificent capture of the Baltimore Checkerspot.  Walter
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Reply #9 on: July 06, 2011, 04:48:50 PM
Hi Walter,

We were at High Park on July 1. I noticed a butterfly, which sat nicely on a leaf while I looked it up in my book. It was a Little Wood-Satyr. I looked at your pics and was glad to see it is the same butterfly I saw. Most of them fly off before I get a good look and chance to ID them.
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Reply #10 on: July 08, 2011, 08:18:12 PM
Glad that I could help you out Leslie.  Congrats on your new Lifer.  Walter
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Reply #11 on: July 09, 2011, 11:11:40 PM
Here's what I saw on a trek around the Vista Trail 'Loop' on Saturday.

Silver-spotted Skipper
Northern Cloudywing
Least Skipper
European Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Northern Broken-Dash
Delaware Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
Dun Skipper
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Common Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Hickory Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed Blue
Summer Azure
Pearl Crescent
White Admiral
Northern Pearly-eye
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Wood-Nymph
Monarch

Walter
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Reply #12 on: July 10, 2011, 01:08:24 PM
beautiful shots Gary!

I so enjoyed them today


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