Instructor:
Simone Hébert Allard, Author of “Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide”
Location:
Kelvin High School, Room 31
Date:
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Start Time:
7:30 pm
Fee:
$5 for Nature Manitoba members, $10 for non-members (students: $3 for members, $5 for non-members).
Nothing lifts my spirits more, after a long winter, than my first butterfly of the year – often a Mourning Cloak that shows up when snow is still on the ground. How come certain species appear so early? It all has to do with their life cycles, how they overwinter, what they eat and whether or not they are a migratory species. Though most of you are probably familiar with the ubiquitous Cabbage White and the Mourning Cloak, early ‘birds’ both, this one-hour workshop will help you identify and, hopefully, locate certain spring species of butterflies such as the Silvery Blue, the Satyr Comma, the Spring Azure, the Western White, the Compton Tortoiseshell and the Eastern Pine Elfin.