kevin Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Today, just as the rain stopped, thousands of butterflies starting flying onto my property from the south. I'm in Ridgeway right near lake erie. My dad thought they were viceroys, does anyone know? Whatever they are, they are migrating right now in droves. My garage has at least 50 of them on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hi Kevin .......it's a Red Admiral butterfly . I have some right now buzzing around my back yard in west St.Kitts . I have never noticed so many before in my yard . My little dog chased after them and caught two of them.....seems they were stuck together somehow ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketmouthjohnny Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 ME TOO !!! Horny buggers !! you know what, mine look smaller, maybe a moth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshowrot Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Haha isn't this ironic when i got home there were about 10 on my lawn I decided to try to catch one. And then it happened! I was attacked by one! The wife was in the car shaking her head seeing a 22 year old chasing down the butterfly! Anyways the thing landed right on my nose! Was probably the weirdest... Or bravest butterfly ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D McV Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Way to strange. Literally just had one fly over out back and its almost dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spottedGARRR Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 had them here also, im a half km from the canadian falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 we will soon have an Alfred Hitchcock movie .......one landed in my wife's hair . This is obviously an invasive invasion of a third kind . Carry a can of bear spray at all times ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshowrot Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Alfred Hitchcocks new film The Butterflies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 This is cool, obviously it was all across the region today then. I wonder if it was the big front to the south that spawned the tornados in the US that drove them up here all at once? The minute that rain broke today, they started. All of them were coming from the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 The viceroy looks almost exactly like a monarch. The difference is monarch has two rows of white spots around the edges of the wings. Viceroys only have one row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry b Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Walking around my neighborhood and they are all over the trees ,thought there was a few mothes around my house last night lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Vanessa Atalanta were very abundant in 1981 . This looks like another one of those bumper crops. They usually show up at Point Pelee in May but have arrived early during these mild days. ( it's now 70*F. at my place , (9:30 a.m.) .Some may stay the winter and this year I suspect many have learned something from the Canada goose ! Kevin , you may be right about those bad tornadoes in the U.S. may have helped them (or blew them) into Niagara , it looks like we are getting some of that wind today . http://www.cbif.gc.c...edAdmiral_e.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Saw them last night and today before work, pretty cool.. Im located in north St.Catharines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnn Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Haha isn't this ironic when i got home there were about 10 on my lawn I decided to try to catch one. And then it happened! I was attacked by one! The wife was in the car shaking her head seeing a 22 year old chasing down the butterfly! Anyways the thing landed right on my nose! Was probably the weirdest... Or bravest butterfly ever! Hope you weren't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I never saw one of these or at least noticed them until about 5 years ago. Took me quite some time to get a picture because they just don't sit still long but with so many around this year its bound to be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spottedGARRR Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Dan; ive noticed theyre quite brave and seem to fear no human Theyre also very quick for a butterfly, they dart around astonishingly fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishon! Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 got home from work today and seen two of them on my garage window.. Never seen one before either was gonna take a pic then they flew away as i reached for my phone . im in the north end of st.kittz too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 The gnats are starting to swarm up also . I usually see huge swarms of them when driving 3rd Louth . They would be good food for aquariums . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slevin Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 In the fall I would go to Rock Point Provin, Park to watch them leave for Mexico all kinds, BUT never seen them come home like this ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshowrot Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 I was attacked again by them apparently I am well loved by them.... Was 5 of them trying to land on my face this time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Are you still using that cheap Playboy after shave ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labber Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Kevin, do you have any recipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I read this in the T.O. Star this morning .......a nice story about the Admiral Butterfly .....I had some stinging nettle in my back yard last year .....didn't know it is used to make tea ....... http://www.thestar.c...utterflies?bn=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted May 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Kevin, do you have any recipes? Just breast em out and bbq them labber. You need quite a few to make a meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrorshowrot Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Cheap playboy aftershave is da bomb lol I havnt seen any in about a week and a half now though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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