Looking South from Vermont Ave.	Looking North from Yarmouth Gardens

Seaton Village resident Dave Beadle has provided this information and photo.

I would like to submit "Mourning Cloak Lane" for the lane that runs north between Yarmouth Gardens to Vermont Ave.

Rationale:
This attractive insect, the Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa), with its cream-edged dark maroon wings is a familiar sight throughout southern Ontario. Adult butterflies from the previous year hibernate over the winter, emerging during the first warm days of spring.

In our lane it is usually the first butterfly to be encountered each year and is always a welcome sign of brighter things to come. One or two of these impressive creatures can often be found sunning themselves on garage doors or patrolling the lane looking for a mate. The larvae feed upon a wide variety of trees, including elm, hackberry, poplar and willow. These food trees are also located near the lane. There are two generations per year in Ontario.

This butterfly is native to Ontario and, unusually for most insects, it lives year round in the area.

We propose the name "Mourning Cloak Lane" for our lane to celebrate the fact that the Mourning Cloak is one of the first signs of spring, it lives year round in the lane and is often seen in the lane. It is a welcome sight after a hard winter!

Here is a link to a description of the Mourning Cloak from the Canadian Biodiversity Information site here. I have also attached a photo of this butterfly.