Mourning Cloak
Description: Brown wings above, brown and gray wings below. Top side of wings has a white or tan border and have pale blue - gray marks along the bottom. Head, thorax, legs and abdomen are brown.
Habitat: The mourning cloak is a graceful butterfly often encountered while it flies about in the woodlands. They inhabit deciduous woodlands, forest edges, gardens and sunny locations. It is one of the earliest butterflies to be seen. This is due to the fact that these butterflies hibernate, whereas mos migrate or die with the onset of winter. They are often seen resting on logs and rocks in sunny deciduous woodlands
Caterpillar: The caterpillar is grayish black with white speckling. It is marked along its body with red and bears branching spines along its body. The spines are not sharp, they are flexible and harmless seemingly to look threatening to possible predators.
Diet: The caterpillar feeds on the foliage of deciduous trees such as poplar, willow and elm; adults feed on nectar.
There name comes from the dark color of the adult butterflies' wings.
Habitat: The mourning cloak is a graceful butterfly often encountered while it flies about in the woodlands. They inhabit deciduous woodlands, forest edges, gardens and sunny locations. It is one of the earliest butterflies to be seen. This is due to the fact that these butterflies hibernate, whereas mos migrate or die with the onset of winter. They are often seen resting on logs and rocks in sunny deciduous woodlands
Caterpillar: The caterpillar is grayish black with white speckling. It is marked along its body with red and bears branching spines along its body. The spines are not sharp, they are flexible and harmless seemingly to look threatening to possible predators.
Diet: The caterpillar feeds on the foliage of deciduous trees such as poplar, willow and elm; adults feed on nectar.
There name comes from the dark color of the adult butterflies' wings.