Sunday, May 5, 2013

Mourning Cloak butterfly.

On the butterfly bush, natch.

Four interesting things about this butterfly:
1. It overwinters, so the ones you see in the spring like this guy have hidden away under some bark.
2. It is one of the longest lived north american butterflies (11 months)
3. The caterpillar eats poplar leaves so I guess that's why he's hanging around under our big tree.
4. It makes a CLICK sound when it flies away. I didn't notice that when this one took off (to fly up into the poplar!).

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