Butterflies from the Windermere Basin

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The park at Winderemere Basin next to Eastport Dr. seems to have become a new destination for migrating butterflies. Hopefully this continues into the future.

















 

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Very nice Scotto. I have been seeing a monarch flying around my place lately. Earlier this month when the nieghbours had his lilacs in full bloom the red admirals were around a lot. The red admirals seem to love the lilacs. Such pretty insects they all are. :)
 

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Very nice Scotto. I have been seeing a monarch flying around my place lately. Earlier this month when the nieghbours had his lilacs in full bloom the red admirals were around a lot. The red admirals seem to love the lilacs. Such pretty insects they all are. :)
I'm no expert but I think the big migration of the monarch is in the fall, hopefully they stop at the Windermere basin.
 

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Yea usually late August into September and even Oct. on the way to Mexico. I heard Point Pelee has a huge migration of all kind of butterflies there but I've never been there before.
 

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Yea usually late August into September and even Oct. on the way to Mexico. I heard Point Pelee has a huge migration of all kind of butterflies there but I've never been there before.
I don't have much spare time to be driving around looking for butterflies, so hopefully the migration has a visit to the new Windermere Basin Park.
 

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That's no short drive to Point Pelee. Many come from all over for the migrations of the butterflies and birds to the Point. The Ontario Birders Assoc books the rooms one year in advance for the spring bird migration. Anyhow, I heard it is a very nice area. I haven't seen it myself yet.

Point Pelee is the most furthest southern area of all of Canada. One way it's a 3 and a half hour drive.
 

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That's no short drive to Point Pelee. Many come from all over for the migrations of the butterflies and birds to the Point. The Ontario Birders Assoc books the rooms one year in advance for the spring bird migration. Anyhow, I heard it is a very nice area. I haven't seen it myself yet.

Point Pelee is the most furthest southern area of all of Canada. One way it's a 3 and a half hour drive.
Seven hours of driving, no thanks. As I wrote earlier, hopefully they start coming here to the new park.
 

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I'm not seeing many type of butterflies around this year other then the usual cabbage whites. I didn't see any red adimiral butterflies at the lilacs this year either. Perhaps it was since we had a cool spring.

I have been trying to figure out what kind this one is. I don't think I ever seen one like this before.

 

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I'm no butterfly expert, so I have no idea as well. It may have some colour on the inside of the wings to identify it, but it must look like a dead leaf on purpose.


Just to add, I searched dead leaf butterfly and they actually exist, but only in Asia and Africa.
 
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Probably looks like that to hide from hit's preditor. And it sure is a strange looking one. And yes it sure looks like a dead leaf.
 

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Perhaps maybe of the moth family? I didn't try looking up moths yet.

Sure is a strange looking one regardless.
 

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I'm more inclined to say it's of the COMMA family. Many of those are very leaf like looking. And the one shown here is possible of being a juvenile.
 
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