8 Amazing Facts About the Mourning Cloak Butterfly

🦋🦋🦋🦋 Learn about some other awesome butterflies in this video about butterflies that migrate that are not monarchs:    • Surprising Butterfly Migrations You’ve Nev...   🦋🦋🦋🦋 The mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa, is a beautiful and widely distributed butterfly that is best know for its early appearance in the spring and winter time flights. Along with this odd early appearance, the mourning cloak also has odd food choices, a long lifespan, the ability to survive freezing temperatures and sleep through summer heat and has some interesting caterpillars. Join me in this video as I reveal 8 amazing facts about the super strange mourning cloak butterfly. Have you seen mourning cloak butterflies flying in the winter? Please tell us about it in the comments! ========================== Connect with us! ============================= Blog: https://www.backyardecology.net/blog Podcast: https://www.backyardecology.net/podcast Facebook:   / backyardecology   =========================== Help support the channel!! ============================= Purchase our book: Attract Pollinators and Wildlife to Your Yard - 15 Free and Easy Ways: https://shannontrimboli.com/shop/ Patreon:   / backyardecology   Or you can give a one-time donation at: PayPal Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... 🌻🌻🌻🌻 Video Services I Use and Recommend 🌻🌻🌻🌻 I am a member of the Think Media Video Ranking Academy and can honestly say it has been a huge boost in getting this channel off the ground! Well designed program and great support! If you are a YouTuber you owe it to yourself to check out what they have to offer. Check out a FREE class here: https://courses.seancannell.com/a/214... Or if you are super serious about making YouTube a career, go all in and go straight to the VRA signup: https://courses.seancannell.com/a/214... I also use the vidIQ browser extension which basically supercharges your YouTube analytics and provides greater insights into how your channel is performing. It also includes some super cool AI tools and channel audit capabilities that are incredibly helpful with refining your YouTube game! They have both free and paid versions. Try out the FREE vidIQ tools here and learn about what vidIQ can do for you and your channel: https://vidiq.com/backyardecology These are affiliate links and we earn a small commission from purchases made when using them, so using them helps to support the Backyard Ecology channel! Chapters: 0:00 The Mourning Cloak Butterfly Nymphalis antiopa 0:28 Lifespan of the Mourning Cloak Butterfly 0:47 Hibernation and Aestivation in the Mourning Cloak Butterfly 2:09 Mourning Cloak Butterfly Flight in the Winter and Early Spring 3:25 Camouflage of the Mourning Cloak Butterfly 3:54 Mourning Cloak Butterfly Playing Dead as a Defense 4:22 Mourning Cloak Butterfly Audible Clicking Defense 4:47 Mourning Cloak Butterfly Caterpillars and Pupae 5:46 Mourning Cloak Butterfly Adult Foods