Seen in the Garden 2022

September 21, 2022

September 18, 2022

Pandorus Sphinx Moth Caterpillar by Ken Kerr

September 17, 2022

September 16, 2022

September 13, 2022

Monarch and Pearl Crescent by Michelle Sharp

Cross Orb Weaver preparing lunch by Ken Kerr

September 11, 2022

September 10, 2022

Hummingbird feeding teenager by Ken Kerr

Bumble Bee and a Visitor (look close)…Praying Mantis by Michelle Sharp

Common Buckeye on Lantana by Michelle Sharp

September 2, 2022

August 28, 2022

August 27, 2022

August 21, 2022

Viceroy on Butterfly Bush by Mark Williams

Black and Yellow Garden Spider by Ken Kerr

Brown Praying Mantis eating a Katydid by Ken Kerr

August 20, 2022

Spricebush Swallowtail by Michelle Sharp

August 17, 2022

Gray Catbird on Nannyberry by Michelle Sharp

August 16, 2022

August 15, 2022

Brown Horned Leaf Hopper by Mark Williams

August 14, 2022

August 12, 2022

August 10, 2022

Painted Lady on Buddleia by Michelle Sharp

August 9, 2022

August 7, 2022

Ruby-throated Hummingbird resting by Mark Williams

August 2, 2022

August 1, 2022

Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Cardinal Flower by Mark Williams

Snowberry Clearwing Moth by Mark Williams

Green Heron catching a Dragonfly by Mark Williams

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail by Michelle Sharp

July 31, 2022

Cabbage White laying eggs!

Silver-Spotted Skipper by Michelle Sharp

July 29, 2022

July 28, 2022

American Lady on Pearly Everlasting by Marsha Wright

Crab Spider on Queen Anne’s Lace by Ken Kerr

Yellow Warbler on Plume Poppy by Mark Williams

Banded Longhorn Beetles Mating by Mark Williams

July 27, 2022

July 26, 2022

July 25, 2022

Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Zinnia by Mark Williams

Robber Fly eating a Fly taken by Ken Kerr

July 23, 2022

Ambush bug eating Wasp taken by Ken Kerr

July 22, 2022

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail taken by Carolyn Jez

July 21, 2022

July 20, 2022

The Striped Hairstreak is very small – the size of a thumbnail – and rarely seen in the UBG.

Striped Hairstreak taken by Marsha Wright

Black Swallowtail on Zinnia taken by Michelle Sharp

July 18, 2022

July 16, 2022

Homoneura (family Lauxaniidae) by Mark Williams

*Interesting fact*

Two-marked Treehopper Enchenopa binotata …”two spots” is a species complex, a group of nine species that are identical in appearance (as adults) while remaining reproductively separate. This particular treehopper is a bit of a oddity in that if the male and female produce offspring from a non-host plant, fewer eggs are laid but the newly hatched offspring could become a new species based on the phenology of the new host plant …

Bumble Bee on Cone Flower by Mark Williams

Two Golden Digger Wasps by Mark Williams

July 15, 2022

White-marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar by Mark Williams

July 12, 2022

Water droplet on Zinnia by Mark Williams

The Hooded Merganser and Great Blue Heron can be seen in the Desjardins Canal from the Urquhart Butterfly Garden.

July 11, 2022

July 10, 2022

Mating Longhorn Milkweed Beetles by Ken Kerr

July 9, 2022

July 8, 2022

Flesh Fly dining on a cousin by Michelle Sharp

July 4, 2022

July 1, 2022

June 29, 2022

The Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium Acadica) is found across Canada from British Columbia to Nova Scotia however not often seen in the UBG.

Banded Hairstreak on Dyers’ Chamomile by Mark Williams

Great Spangled Frittilary by Mark Williams

June 28, 2022

Lady Bug eating Aphids – a good example of the predator – prey relationship at work.

Mating Candy Striped Leaf Hoppers by Ken Kerr

June 26, 2022

Bumble Bee Mimic Robber Flies are also called the “assassin” flies as they lie in wait for unsuspecting bees, wasps and butterflies to pass by and then they attack.

Bumble Bee Mimic Robber Fly by Michelle Sharp

Great Spangled Fritillary by Michelle Sharp

June 25, 2022

June 8 -24, 2022

The Hummingbird Moth (Clearwing Moth) While most sphinx moths fly at night, hummingbird moths fly during the day. They feed on flower nectar, dipping in a long thin proboscis.