Mourning Cloak
Nymphalisantiopa
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Barling, Arkansas
Cave Springs, Arkansas
Granite Bay, California
Long Beach, California
San Diego, California(4 reports)
Whittier, California
Pueblo, Colorado
Galva, Illinois
La Grange Park, Illinois
Park Forest, Illinois
Westchester, Illinois
Coatesville, Indiana
Atalissa, Iowa
Yale, Iowa
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Royal Oak, Michigan
Barnum, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota(2 reports)
Hudson, New Hampshire
Cary, North Carolina
Cincinnati, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Grants Pass, Oregon
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Fort Worth, Texas
Katy, Texas
Keller, Texas
Magna, Utah
Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pulaski, Wisconsin
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OGRODNIK
Granite Bay, CA |
April 2019 |
Positive
I first saw one of these beauties when it flew into my Sacramento area home one cold rainy winter night this past winter after being attracted by the door light.I thought it was a moth at first but then I saw the lovely markings. I caught it hovering by a lamp and took it to my greenhouse where it spent a few days quietly somewhere then woke up and wanted to leave so I let it go outside. I have seen what I think to be the same butterfly over the past few months as it comes into my garden occasionally now that the weather has warmed. They do not seem to be common here.
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AFinSD
San Diego, CA |
January 2018 |
Positive
I have been fascinated with this particular butterfly since childhood. In school, our class raised one of these butterflies from a catepillar. At the time, the teacher did not know what kind of butterfly it was though, and it took me years until I finally found a book that identified it for me.
This butterfly is commonly seen in L.A., Orange County, and in San Diego where my spouse and I currently live. They are among my favorite butterflies.
This butterfly is commonly seen in L.A., Orange County, and in San Diego where my spouse and I currently live. They are among my favorite butterflies.
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2QandLearn
Menifee, CA (Zone 9a) |
August 2015 |
Positive
The Mourning Cloak was a regular visitor to our yard when I was growing up in Pomona, CA. However, it was them in catermpillar mode which became so numerous as the years passed, that they practically defoliated our American Elm tree!
I used to gather their prickly 'pillars' --there were literally thousnds upn thousands of them-- into my red wagon, with a shoe box on its side, and furnish them with new leaves periodically.
One year I put a mature caterpillar in a jar, poked holes in its lid, and left it on our shaded patio. As the days rolled by I was able to watch it spin its cocoon . . . and later, to emerge from it, allow to dry its wings, then fly away!
The Mourning Cloak is thus a Dear Old Friend of mine!
I was sad when my D... read more
I used to gather their prickly 'pillars' --there were literally thousnds upn thousands of them-- into my red wagon, with a shoe box on its side, and furnish them with new leaves periodically.
One year I put a mature caterpillar in a jar, poked holes in its lid, and left it on our shaded patio. As the days rolled by I was able to watch it spin its cocoon . . . and later, to emerge from it, allow to dry its wings, then fly away!
The Mourning Cloak is thus a Dear Old Friend of mine!
I was sad when my D... read more