The Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopoa ) is one of the earliest (and the latest) flying butterflies in its native range, which spans widely across temperate North America and Eurasia. These ...

Mourning cloak butterflies, Nymphalis antiopa, have an immense geographic range that circles the globe in the northern hemisphere. They are native to North America, Europe and Asia, and in some areas ...

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 ...

One of the fascinating phenomena of autumn is the annual migration. This is mostly seen with birds that either spend the warm season with us or those passing through our region after breeding further ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AREA — “Antifreeze” chemicals in their blood allow mourning cloak ...

It was consistently cold through most of January. Then it warmed the first days of February. I was standing on our deck looking across the creek into the pasture. An eastern phoebe was hawking insects ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a caterpillar question. I found two large, mostly black guys in my yard — one crawling up the stucco of the house, the other clinging to a pot on the patio. Is this a pipevine ...

We have had some warm weather this February, which means it is time to keep an eye out for butterflies! You may be thinking I am in the wrong hemisphere, but there is a chance you can spot butterflies ...