100's of Butterflies

[mercman]

I was out on the deck earlier with the dogs, and caught a movement out of the corner of my eye.My Maple trees, all 3 of them, were fuilled with hundreds of small 2-2.5 inch black and red butterflies.I have neen here for 12 years now, and have seen small migrations of Monarchs, but never anything like this. The neighbors trees too I took a few pics, but they were all in the tops of the trees and hard to make out.I dont own a telephoto lens Has anyone else experienced this?It's pretty nice to see it.

 

Edited April 19, 2012 by mercman

[kickingfrog]

Saw bunch of them here in Barrie today.

[wallacio]

Nice pics! All across the midwest, everyone is noting the population explosion of Red Admirals.

 

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/04/19/19654036.html

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/04/17/red-admiral-butterfly-population-exploding/

[bigugli]

They were crossing the Niagara last week.

[Nipfisher]

They look like the one in Brian's (Misfish) post.

[Rod Caster]

Nice shot. Your trees are well ahead of ours in terms of spring bloom.

[mercman]

They look like the one in Brian's (Misfish) post.

 

 

Yup, same. Apparently the migration is huge this year.Mild winter.

It will be interesting to see the effects it will have on the rest of the bug populations.

[Christopheraaron]

There are lot's of blossoming trees in our neighbors yard and 24/7 you can almost look anywhere and see one.

[DRIFTER_016]

It is told that they for shadow the four horsemen of the apocolypse!!!

The end is nye!!!!!!

The Mayan's were right!!!!!

How did they know?

How did they know?

 

[mercman]

It is told that they for shadow the four horsemen of the apocolypse!!!

The end is nye!!!!!!

The Mayan's were right!!!!!

How did they know?

How did they know?

 

 

 

I KNEW it !!!! I wasnt gonna say anything, but you just confirmed my suspicions

 

[superdad]

The TV station here in Kingston said they(the butterflys) were blown up north earlier than every, the strong winds last week did the job.

 

David aka Superdad

[DRIFTER_016]

I KNEW it !!!! I wasnt gonna say anything, but you just confirmed my suspicions

 

 

 

OOPS!!!

Just realized I missed the "e" in fore shadow. How embarassking!!!

Edited April 20, 2012 by DRIFTER_016

[fishindevil]

the last week or so during my long commute home after work,i have had tons of them stuck to the front of my truck !!! probly a few hundred a day....never seen that many of them before.??? my windshield is a mess,butterfly guts everywhere

[tb4me]

I seen them here yesterday in the yard..Thought it was neat..

[Billy Bob]

Do they make good bait...maybe I could use them for my next fishing trip....if they are FREE I will try them....

[blaque]

They were in the air down here in NY earlier this week as well.

 

I was driving to work one windy morning a couple days ago and thought it was debree blowing around until i wiped the sleep outta my eyes and noticed that they were small butterflies lol

[Dave Bailey]

Found this one the other day:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCgK7scLft8&list=PL4477C43B1104E9BE&index=5&feature=plpp_video

[mercman]

Thats the one Dave.There was hundreds of them, and today, nothing

 

 

[kickingfrog]

This weather is not what the little guys really need.

 

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1166466--toronto-weather-change-a-threat-to-wave-of-butterflies?bn=1