Carden Alvar 2010 page 5 of 6 - Butterflies

Clouded Sulphurs probing wet area on Wylie Road at Sedge Wren Marsh on 3 July 2010.

 

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Male Black Swallowtail on Wylie Road on 1 July 2010

 

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail on Wylie Road on 11 June 2010.

 

Compton Tortoiseshell on Wylie Road on 1 July 2010. Note white spot on forewings amd hindwings.

 

Eastern Comma Wylie Road on 1 July 2010.

 

White form of Mustard White butterfly. Thanks to Bob Bowles for identification. Wylie Road on 1 July 2010

 

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",

 

American Lady on Black Bear Road on 1 July 2010. Note diagnostic small white spot in orange of wing.

 

American Lady butterfly on Eleanor Beagan's hand. Wylie Road on 25 June 2010. Note two large eye spots on hindwing.

 

Bronze Copper butterfly on Wylie Road on 25 June 2010

 

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Carden Alvar Birding Guide by Ron Pittaway