Submitted photo This mourning cloak butterfly seemed to pose for its photo taken during a morning woodland hike in March 2025. For me, spotting a butterfly on a sunny morning jaunt through the woods ...

Mourning cloak larvae are communal feeders, and can strip whole trees of their leaves. The ebony caterpillar has rows of branching spines between which are red spots that match their legs. “ By all ...

We know about migrating species of butterflies, but they don't all fly south for the winter. Several overwinter in their home habitat and could use your help.

Looking back at the last five springs in the Northland, we see an interesting fluctuation. Two springs, 2010 and 2012, can be considered very early. Two, in 2013 and 2014, have been late, maybe said ...

We were out at Lafayette Reservoir a couple of weeks ago, looking for the bald eagle that wasn’t there. But there was a fair amount of butterfly action: a probable echo blue, some small hyperactive ...

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