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Carden
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Clouded Sulphurs probing wet area on
Wylie Road at Sedge Wren Marsh on 3 July 2010. |
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Scroll down for 9 more photos then go to page 6 |
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Male Black Swallowtail on
Wylie Road on 1 July 2010 |
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Canadian Tiger
Swallowtail on Wylie Road on 11 June 2010. |
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Compton Tortoiseshell
on Wylie Road on 1 July 2010. Note white spot on forewings amd
hindwings. |
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Eastern Comma Wylie
Road on 1 July 2010. |
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White form of Mustard
White butterfly. Thanks to Bob Bowles for identification. Wylie Road
on 1 July 2010 |
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Columbine Duskywing
on Wylie Road on 1 July 2010. Margo Holt provided information about
the identification of Columbine Duskywing and Wild Indigo Duskywing,
which is very similar and associates with Crown Vetch.
"Indigo is slightly larger and has a distinct pale orange-brown
patch just inside the white dots on forewing; on Columbine, pale
patch on forewing is not as prominent", |
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American Lady on Black
Bear Road on 1 July 2010. Note diagnostic small white spot in orange
of wing. |
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American Lady
butterfly on Eleanor Beagan's hand. Wylie Road on 25 June 2010. Note
two large eye spots on hindwing. |
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Bronze Copper
butterfly on Wylie Road on 25 June 2010 |
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Now go to
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Carden Alvar Birding Guide
by Ron Pittaway |
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