A really good Lep day ,...

[donald adams]

… here at Adams farm, West Bridgewater

 

Cabbage white                  20 plus

Clouded Sulphur                4

Orange Sulphur                 1 FOY

American Copper              2 FOY

Black Swallowtail             1 Male passing through

Pearl crescent                   1 FOY. Got good pic

Tiger Swallowtail              2 Passing through so no better id

Tiger Swt Canadian          2 FOY eclosures from my overwintered butterfly stash. These were both found in 2021 as tiny, out-of-egg, 1 st instar cats several leaves apart on the same small Prunus serotina plant and at the same time. So, chances are very good that both these butterflies were siblings. Eclosures of both were just an hour apart, and both cooperated nicely with a bit of gentle handling to get a few good pics of each. Now, getting out Cech and Tudor description for field mark differences between Eastern and Canadian  seemed to show to me that both butterflies are Canadian!! These differences include dorsal wide black border close to the body, and ventral thicker FW yellow submarginal band largely continuous. OPINIONS WELCOME.

                                             Pic1-1_ Cont ventral wide yellow submarginal band            Pic2-1_ Cont ventral wide yellow submarginal band

                                             Pic1-2_ Wide black boarder close to body                              Pic2-2_ Cont ventral wide submarginal band

                                             Pic1-3_ Wide black boarder close to body                              Pic2-3_ Wide black boarder close to body

 

Promethea moth              1 FOY eclosure from my overwintered moth stash. Male flew off mid-afternoon.

 

Don Adams