Another harbinger of spring, the Mourning Cloak butterfly.
Photographed April 3, 2026 in Western New York
OM System OM-1 Mk II, OM 100-400 Mk II & MC-14
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Mourning cloak caterpillar that’s black with red spots
Mourning cloak butterfly emerges from its cocoon, with 2 cocoons behind it!
Mourning cloak butterfly emerges from its cocoon, with 1 cocoons to the left!
I felt like a new mom today! Swipe to see…
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#MourningCloak #kidlit #picturebooks #springtime
Mourning Cloak I
Meconium, watercolor, and oil on paper
Meconium is the waste fluid expelled when the Mourning Cloak emerges from its chrysalis in butterfly form. Transformational goo
#randihokett #contemporarypainting #mourningcloak #watercolor #transformation
#butterflies #mourningcloak
Saw this first Mourning Cloak yesterday in central Illinois. It was very happy to hang around in the sun and pose for some pics. I was very sad I only had a crummy phone camera 'cause I left my real camera at home. 🤨 🙂
#HaikuSaturday
decaying log piles
safe havens for butterflies
stalwart survivors.
#haiku #mourningcloak
The 6th watercolour in this series is the Mourning Cloak (North America) or Camberwell Beauty (Britain).
In Dutch it's called 'Rouwmantel', which translates to mourning cloak.
#watercolour #butterfly #mourningcloak #camberwellbeauty
#nymphalisantiopa #rouwmantel #melissahalley
Image of a mourning cloak butterfly.
This beauty showed up on our hydrangea.
#MourningCloak #Butterfly #BearzDen
Was able to get up very close to this Mourning Cloak butterfly #mourningcloak #ontariobutterflies #carolinianforest
Ode to the Butterfly #2
9x12
Pen and ink
Prismacolors
Available
Dm for details 🦋
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In this library I learned why the mourning cloak should be the official butterfly of Vermont instead of the monarch. Please spread the word.
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Mourning Cloak
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...and the more traditional views, before they headed off to start their flighted lives. 🥰
#mourningcloak #mourningcloakbutterfly #getoutside #becurious #natureiscool
The pupae have come.
#mourningcloakbutterfly #mourningcloak #butterflypupae #getoutside #becurious #natureiscool
Gothy Friend Today!
#pictureinsect #pictureinsectbugidentifier #pictureinsectapp #mourningcloak #mourningcloakbutterfly
At first, there was one...then five more showed up at our door. Notable skin sheds also laying in the driveway, so someone must have used our American elm tree to raise the next generation of #mourningcloak butterflies. We're excited to watch their metamorphosis! #spinyelmcaterpilar #mourningcloak
A Brief Pause
#MourningCloak #Butterfly #Insect #Wildlife #Spring
Mourning cloak butterfly on some dry leaves
Went out on invertebrate patrol but the only thing I saw with a hard carapace that moults (that was bigger than a gnat) was a cybertruck 🤮. So it's back to the back catalog. #invertefest #butterfly #mourningcloak
A mourning cloak butterfly rests on the ground on some dead leaves. Its wings are spread open. The butterfly is a deep rich reddish-brown with two light yellow markings on each side at the top. Along the bottom is a band of pale yellow and just above that is a band of black with evenly spaced blue dots going all the way across.
Mourning cloak. #MourningCloak #NymphalisAntiopa #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin
#Nymphalisantiopa, known as the #mourningcloak in North America and the #Camberwellbeauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America.
Other older names for this species include #grandsurprise and #whitepetticoat.
#MourningCloak on #AeoniumSchwarzkopf #NymphalisAntiopa #Butterfly #Nature #Photography a climbing rose plant provides the soft green background.
It is now officially spring-- first #butterfly of the year, a #mourningcloak #nymphalisantiopa #upnorth #wisconsin #lepidoptera #naturetherapy #art #artist #artists #photo #photography #naturephotography #butterflies #beauty #beautiful #love #peace #happiness
Mourning Cloak (June 2012) #photography #escanaba #puremichigan #yooper #906life #mourningcloak #butterfly
First butterfly spotting of 2025! The name for this butterfly is "mourning cloak"
#insect #bug #butterfly #mourningcloak #outside #outdoors #nature #photos #photographer #photography
Mourning Cloak (June 2013) #photography #escanaba #puremichigan #yooper #906life #butterfly #mourningcloak
Mourning Cloak (June 2014) #photography #escanaba #puremichigan #yooper #906life #mourningcloak #butterfly
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#InsectThursday
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekBforBB
#MourningCloak
Spots of Blue on a Butterfly