Date: 04/06/2007

Number: 1

Aka 'flying in BC'. Actually the Pend-d'Oreille valley in extreme southern BC. I finally got out for a bit today and it was a welcome sight for
winter/cloud- weary eyes to see some butterfly action.
Today I saw all the
normal nymphalids which fly in the valley: Aglais milberti (Milbert's tortoiseshell), Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak), Roddia j-album (painted lady), Nymphalis californica (California tortoiseshell), Polygonia faunus (green comma), Polygonia satyrus (satyr comma) and Polygonia gracilis (hoary comma). Although the nymphs were not in their fine 'summer plumage'; at this time of year even the most tattered hibernator is a welcome sight. After 10 years of prowling this area I still have not seen a single Vanessa atalanta or V. annabella which supposedly should occur here but for some unknown reason does not appear to occur there. No V. cardui yet, but these are not seen here every year. The only non-hibernator yet present was Celastrina echo nigrescens.

Contributed by Don Davis

Genelle, BC

Latitude: 49.1 Longitude: -117.4

Observed by: Donald A.
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