American coppers
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Dwayne Sabine
Oct 3, 2012, 7:37:39 PM10/3/12
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American coppers are still relatively abundant today (Oct 3) in the ditch in front of my yard in Douglas (near Fredericton). Two of them appeared absolutely pristine, while others showed moderate wear. Aside from the coppers, there were a few American ladies and clouded sulphurs present.
Phil Schappert
Oct 4, 2012, 3:08:47 PM10/4/12
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It was a Monarch & Vanessa day along the central Nova Scotia shore
yesterday. I stopped at 5 sites in Harrietsfield & Willamswood
(20MQ43) down to West & East Pennant (20MQ42) and Crystal Crescent
Beach PP (20MQ52) and found all three Vanessids (American & painted
ladies and red admirals) at all of them. Admittedly, at two sites I
had to go looking for painted ladies but the red admirals and
American ladies were plentiful.
Monarchs were found everywhere south of Harrietsfield and I
eventually found a total of 23 Monarchs, the highest number of
Monarchs I've seen in a day since a day in south TX in late 2006.
Seventeen of them were separate individuals (counted walking upwind
as they flew downwind, none passed me in my direction of travel) at
West Pennant. Intriguingly, females outnumbered males by 3 to 1 on
the day.
The only other species seen, at all 5 sites, was clouded sulphur.
Didn't see a single cabbage white all day (and haven't seen any in
more than a week).
Tomorrow, we travel to Cape Breton for Celtic Colours. For anyone
interested, my band, appropriately called Papilio (this is one
audience I don't have to explain that to!), is playing 2 shows this
year(Sunday and Monday nights) and has a Mainstreet (CBC Radio One)
interview/performance on Tuesday. With concerts to go to on Saturday,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, I won't get any exploring time until
Thursday and Friday, late next week. But I hope there's still
something flying to see!
Phil
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Phil Schappert, PhD
27 Clovis Ave.
Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
902-404-5679 (home)
902-460-8343 (cell)
www.philschappert.com
www.papiliomusic.ca
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."
(Michael Hedges)
yesterday. I stopped at 5 sites in Harrietsfield & Willamswood
(20MQ43) down to West & East Pennant (20MQ42) and Crystal Crescent
Beach PP (20MQ52) and found all three Vanessids (American & painted
ladies and red admirals) at all of them. Admittedly, at two sites I
had to go looking for painted ladies but the red admirals and
American ladies were plentiful.
Monarchs were found everywhere south of Harrietsfield and I
eventually found a total of 23 Monarchs, the highest number of
Monarchs I've seen in a day since a day in south TX in late 2006.
Seventeen of them were separate individuals (counted walking upwind
as they flew downwind, none passed me in my direction of travel) at
West Pennant. Intriguingly, females outnumbered males by 3 to 1 on
the day.
The only other species seen, at all 5 sites, was clouded sulphur.
Didn't see a single cabbage white all day (and haven't seen any in
more than a week).
Tomorrow, we travel to Cape Breton for Celtic Colours. For anyone
interested, my band, appropriately called Papilio (this is one
audience I don't have to explain that to!), is playing 2 shows this
year(Sunday and Monday nights) and has a Mainstreet (CBC Radio One)
interview/performance on Tuesday. With concerts to go to on Saturday,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, I won't get any exploring time until
Thursday and Friday, late next week. But I hope there's still
something flying to see!
Phil
--
Phil Schappert, PhD
27 Clovis Ave.
Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
902-404-5679 (home)
902-460-8343 (cell)
www.philschappert.com
www.papiliomusic.ca
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."
(Michael Hedges)
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