Ontario Butterflies

From Betty McCulloch, whose team continues the tagging program started by late Terry Whitham, who

Monarchs arrived late in Ontario, so I question whether this is the "4th generation" for

I think I replied to Mark instead of the group (sorry about that!) so here is the original post and a

Reporting observations on this list won't get them into the Atlas, if that is what you are hoping

Hi All, Last week, I spent some time visiting some remote bogs west of Bissett Creek Road, on the

What a ridiculous notion. On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 11:23, donald...@gmail.com <donald.davis1@

The first milkweed plant in my garden is about 3 inches tall. Good timing. On Monday, 15 May 2023 at

Hi All, Yesterday, I visited a Bog near Coxvale (south of Ardoch) and found Bog Elfin. It's a bog

It's quiet here and I had the chance to attend a nature festival in Tennessee where I saw and

One of two surviving co-authors of Ontario Butterfly Atlas (1992): https://www.legacy.com/ca/

Hi Peter, Personally, I'm more inclined to think that a pupa stowed away among materials that

From Royce Bitzer: Spring has arrived, and I'm again requesting your sightings of Red Admirals,

My son and I took advantage of the (very) brief warm spell to do a first butterfly check in Bestview

Thanks to my colleague, Dr. Karen Oberhauser, for sharing this commentary. This news has now been

Monarch Watch has released their "Domestic Recoveries Database" for tagged monarchs

Here's the official news wire release that was published yesterday afternoon: Government of

Thanks Susan On Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 9:08:48 AM UTC-4 Susan Blayney wrote: Looks good for

In a posting of September 6, Rick Cavasin stated that he would no longer be reviewing and downloading

Hi Bill, After you pointed this out, I started paying a bit more attention to the Eastern Comma

Yes..winds certainly influence monarch flight speed and travel. While I have had a number tagged

Hi Bob, This is very interesting. I did a quick check on some of my own photos. I've got a "

I had the good fortune to find both an Ocola Skipper and a male Fiery Skipper in my gardens in the

For those interested in Monarchs, the fall migration is underway. These cool temperatures send the

To my utter surprise, I found a Marine Blue at the Clear Creek Provicncial Nature Reserve in east

Hi Bob: Thanks so much for the heads up about the Horace's Duskywing. I got to the location in

It's only a bit south of the known locations, but it's still good to see that somebody is

Hi folks: While biking down the Humber River near the Old Mill, I stopped to check out some skippers

What looks like a Horace's Duskywing in the leamington area: https://www.inaturalist.org/

Hi All, I'd just like to add that based on past observations, the 2nd flight of Eastern Tigers

Its spelt Funereal folks. A nemesis lep for me - maybe this is the year. The updates are appreciated.