This sign with all the information about the Mourning Cloak Butterfly was attached to the pole in Yesterday's post. I had never heard of this butterfly but will be on the lookout come spring. I assume that the info and photo were put up by local resident Dave Beadle who is a noted illustrator of wildlife especially birds and moths. He is the author of the Peterson guide to Moths of Southeastern North America.
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...I did pick up on that.
What a beautiful butterfly. I had never heard of it before!
There are a lot of this large flies here in the summer.
Well, I was in the right ballpark.
In the UK they're known as Camberwell Beauties, because the first one was found in Camberwell in S London. I've never seen one either.
A pretty and unique butterfly.
Fascinating!
That is a fine story for the naming of this lane. Thanks for sharing it.
Putting up this information was a nice thing to do.
Aha! :-)
I've often seen Mourning Cloaks.
Nice to see that nature is getting a helping hand.
Thats a very nice butterfly. Hadn't see that coming.
Sad name for that black beauty.
I had a feeling this might be the reason Pat, it's a beautiful moth despite its name ✨
Glad I saw this. I love Canada
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