[OnButterflies] Some Rare Immigrants of Late

[Bill Lamond]

Hi,

The rarer immigrant butterflies have been scarce the last few years. After years of being annual in Brant I have not seen a Variegated Fritillary here in the last couple of years. This is also the case for other species with a similar status in Brant. Thus it was notable that I saw a Snout Butterfly on 22 August at Paris Plains Church Rd and Nith Rd in Brant. Also yesterday (25 August), while not in Brant, I saw my first Common Buckeye in a couple of years at Port Ryerse, Norfolk County. This is often the time of the year when these rarer immigrants show up.

The photos here were taken by Vicki Easton.

Bill