Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Wing margins ragged - note: this one has a missing section on the right hind wing which is NOT typical!.
The underside of the wings.
Mourning Cloak in British Columbia, Canada, April 1998
Mourning Cloak in British Columbia, Canada, April 1998
The first one I've ever seen. June 2006
Chrysalis of the Mourning Cloak
The MC cat in the "J" formation, as I found it in my yard 4-7-07.
A Mourning Cloak that eclosed on 4-23-07
Just before release 4-23-07 in Fort Worth Texas
They come for the brew of rotting fruit and Guiness Stout. So far I haven't seen them light on a flower at all.
These butterflies have a real cool personality!
Butterfly Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) - St. Paul, MN - July 2006
Butterfly Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) - St. Paul, MN - July 2006
This shot shows the Mourning Cloak caterpillar'sback with the red dots.
You can see a section missed from it and it loves to sun in areas like this
From another angle
Getting a bit ragged at the end of Summer
View from the back
as seen from above - may be ready to cocoon itself.
From the side
This Mourning Cloak flew into our shed. It seem to like the wheels of our lawn seed spreader or what was on them.
Los Angeles Natural History Museum, Pavillion of Wings, June 2010
Only seen this butterfly once in my yard.
Cloak nectaring crabapple blossoms, mid March 2013, zone 7b.
On a yucca. San Diego. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
San Diego. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
San Diego. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
San Diego. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
Chrysalis. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
Chrysalis. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
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Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Nymphalis |
| Species: | antiopa |