2022 September 16

    Mike Yip writes:    With the temperature just barely 9° C during a family visit to Paradise Meadows on Mount Washington, I had no expectations of seeing any butterflies, but to my surprise we saw three. The first was a Hydaspe Fritillary that I flushed off the boardwalk when I wasn’t paying attention;  the second a fly-by Mourning Cloak; and the third a beautiful pre-hibernation Mourning Cloak in pristine, new generation colours basking on the boardwalk. The photo doesn’t do it justice as it was absolutely striking in the bright, filtered sunlight.

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.:Nymphalidae)  Mike Yip