Ocola Skipper on Campobello!

[John Klymko]

On August 19, Marcy Wagner of Maine photographed an Ocola Skipper on Campobello Island. This is the first ever record for the species in the Maritimes. I believe the closest previous locations for this southern vagrant are southern Ontario and Massachusetts. I've written up a blog post about the sighting on the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas blog: http://maritimesbutterflyatlas.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/ocola-skipper-on-campobello-island/

Marcy found the butterfly at Fox Farm, in Roosevelt Campobello International Park, on Campobello Island (approximate coordinates are 44.855756°N, 66.966224°W). This is quite a small isolated field. If anyone is going to be in that area in the next few days it is definitely taking a look for it!

As I mention in the blog it is quite possible that other Ocola Skippers are around right now in the Maritimes. The best places to look would be at flowers in coastal areas.

Cheers,

John

[Phil Schappert]

Just a quick note to say that Peter Hall and Max Larrivee are
reporting an abundance of Milbert's Tortoiseshells in eastern Ontario
and southern Quebec respectively. Max also reports a third Peacock
individual found in Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC. Both of these species
feed on nettles, Urtica sp., as do Red Admirals and some of the
Commas. Max wonders if Urtica feeders are having a banner year?

I have noticed a distinct upswing in the numbers of Red Admirals in
central Nova Scotia over the past two weeks, encountering my first
2014 individual on August 16 with every location I've visited since
having at least one or two individuals, peaking to 5 of them in my
Elbow Lake square last Friday.

Has anyone else seen an increased number of any of these species recently?

Phil

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[D Doucet]

To support Phil's comments on Red Admiral:

I have been seeing them at Fundy National Park a fair bit over the last little while as well. Here is a pic of one from last week.

Now to find some other Nettle feeders!

Denis Doucet

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[jim.e...@bellaliant.net]

There has been an increase in Red Admirals lately, I have been seeing them all over New Brunswick, even a nice fresh one in my garden in Dartmouth. These are probably progeny of the few migrants that arrived this summer. However I certainly wouldn't call it a banner year, not compared to 2010. As to Milberts, would be nice, but I have only seen one all summer, the first in 5 years. Maybe next year....jim 

[Dwayne Sabine]

I was in Newfoundland for the first week of August this summer, and Milbert's Tortoiseshells were the most common species I saw. I understand from someone who has been there for the last several summers that that is not unusual over there though. It's been about 10 years since I last saw one in New Brunswick.

On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, Phil Schappert <phi...@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> Just a quick note to say that Peter Hall and Max Larrivee are reporting an abundance of Milbert's Tortoiseshells in eastern Ontario and southern Quebec respectively. Max also reports a third Peacock individual found in Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC. Both of these species feed on nettles, Urtica sp., as do Red Admirals and some of the Commas. Max wonders if Urtica feeders are having a banner year?
>
> I have noticed a distinct upswing in the numbers of Red Admirals in central Nova Scotia over the past two weeks, encountering my first 2014 individual on August 16 with every location I've visited since having at least one or two individuals, peaking to 5 of them in my Elbow Lake square last Friday.
>
> Has anyone else seen an increased number of any of these species recently?
>
> Phil
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> 27 Clovis Ave.
> Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3
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