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It was another unusually hot day for mid-March at about +25 celsius. I found this butterfly, and two more eastern commas, as well as two mourning cloaks (called Camberwell Beauty in Britain), at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Both species overwinter as adults, seeking shelter from the cold under bark, in cracks and crevices. If the weather turns cold again, they'll head back to shelter. As there is not much in the way of nectar, in fact nothing in the way of nectar, these butterflies are happy to feed on sap, such as here on a Manitoba maple tree.
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