Thursday 31 May 2012

MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY

TORTOISE SHELLS : Genus Nymphalis Kluk

Adults overwinter.
Courtship and egg-laying occur in the Spring after hibernation.
Occasionally migratory.

Mourning Cloak on Dandelion.
Nymphalis antiopa
The Mourning Cloak is one of our longest living butterflies - age to 11 months.
It also spent time on the Plum blossoms.

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