The first mourning cloak butterfly I’ve seen this year glided through my backyard yesterday. The weather was sunny, with temperatures in the mid 60s—a perfect day for the mourning cloak to stretch its wings after being hunkered down all winter.
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Winter’s Butterfly
Posted in Ecology, Nature, Science, tagged butterflies, insects, mourning cloak, spiny elm caterpillar, winter on March 9, 2012| 4 Comments »