2025 October 9 morning
There may still be a few Cabbage Whites around. Marie O’Shaughnessy saw three on October 7 on or around the McIntyre reservoir and the adjacent cabbage field.
Aziza Cooper writes: On October 8, this grasshopper was at Harling Point. This is the grasshopper that can be mistaken for a Mourning Cloak because its wings are dark with pale edges. Jeremy Tatum writes: It can indeed – I have so mistaken it myself from time to time. It “official” name is the Carolina Grasshopper, but some people refer to it as the Mourning Cloak Grasshopper.
Carolina Grasshopper Dissosteira carolina (Orth.: Acrididae)
Aziza Cooper
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