Lambton Wildlife

08/30/2026

💫 RE-RESCHEDULED to SEPTEMBER 12th due to, you guessed it, the weather 🌧 🌂 ☔️ 🫠

✊️ *shakes fist at sky* 👊

Moths are an integral part of almost every ecosystem. There are 15 times more moths in Ontario than butterflies!

08/22/2026

📢 RESCHEDULED to Sunday Aug 30th due to anticipated weather ⛈️

Apologies for the inconvenience

Moths are an integral part of almost every ecosystem. There are 15 times more moths in Ontario than butterflies!

08/21/2026

Hello LWI members!

We're still celebrating LWI's 60th Anniversary!

Please save the date for a LWI Picnic on Saturday, September 12th from 10 AM - 2 PM at Canatara Park.

The event will begin with a guided walk from 10 AM - Noon, followed by a picnic from 12-2 PM. Please bring a picnic lunch! Reusable containers and cutlery encouraged.

The Young Naturalists Club will also have a scavenger hunt available for children to complete during the picnic. Meet at the large picnic shelter adjacent to the playground.

See you in September!

07/11/2026

The Young Nats Club was out today for a Butterflies & Dragonflies action packed event at Blackwell Trails with special guest leader Dale Buchner!

Dale shared his local expertise with a group of 20+ young insect fanatics. Equipped with nets and jars in tow, we learned about the local diversity of insects by observing and catching them.

Butterflies , dragonflies, grasshoppers, a praying mantis, and so much more was observed up close and personal. Like very up close!

The event finished with attendees choosing their own temporary insect tattoo. Some the chose pink orchid mantis', others bluet damselfly earlier, blue morph was a popular choice, some even chose a scorpion, black widow, and GIANT CENTIPEDE.

Here's a list of the Butterflies and Dragonflies we saw:

Butterflies:

Summer Azure
Cabbage White
Little Wood Satyr
Common Wood Nymph
Wild Indigo
Monarch
Orange Sulphur
Clouded Sulphur

Dragonflies:

Black Saddlebages
Widow Skimmer
Blue Fronted Dancer
Halloween Pennant
Calico Pennant

07/08/2026

Some photos from this week’s Firefly walk, hosted at Henderson Conservation Area by SCRCA Education staff. We learned some life history about fireflies, tried to catch fireflies in the daylight then enjoyed their magical twinkling in the forest when they started shining. We also played a game in which we imitated flight patterns of different species of Fireflies!

06/29/2026

06/25/2026

🔔 Last call!

🇨🇦 We would love to see a group of LWI members in the parade- reach out to Wanda to join us!

06/23/2026

📸 Some more pictures of our 60th Anniversary celebrations.

🤝 We were thrilled to have municipal and provincial elected officials there to congratulate us and help us celebrate.

🙏 Thank you to everyone who came out, it was a wonderful afternoon.

➕Please feel free to add any pictures you took to the comments! We would love to see them

06/21/2026