fond-btfly5s.gif (10130 bytes)Bog Copper

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Size - 15 to 20 mm.

On the wing - June until the middle of July.

Range - Scattered from Manitoba to Newfoundland.

Host plants - Cranberries.

Favourite habitat - Bogs.

Special notes - As the name suggests you will find this tiny butterfly in bogs where cranberry grow. They overwinter as an egg which can withstand being submerged in water....even frozen.

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