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With the great weather sticking around we have all been trying to spend more time outside.

6/4/12 – With the great weather sticking around we have all been trying to spend more time outside. Yesterday Luke Opel and new crew member Crista Clark got a chance to get out for a paddle. It was the perfect day for it with a light breeze and a little cloud cover. On the trip they came across a large group of Canadian Swallowtail butterflies that probably had just emerged out of their chrysalis’. -Jessica
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These swallowtails are participating in mud-puddling. By landing in wet soil they are able to replenish water and nutrients lost during emergence.
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Crista standing at the Sawbill side of the Smoke portage surrounded by dragonflies and swallowtails. Both pictures were provided by resident Sawbill photo journalist Luke Opel.