[Butterflies of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Mourning cloak sunning at left along the Klickitat Trail about w miles north of the Fisher Road crossing........February 20, 2010. The photo at right shows a tattered mourning cloak as seen at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge.......April 9, 2006.

A mourning cloaknectaring upon the flowers of bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) as seen along Eightmile Creek above the Crawford Oaks Trailhead, Columbia Hills Historical State Park.......April 1, 2024.

A mourning cloak trying to blend in with a piece of lichen-encrusted basalt beneath it. When it saw me approaching, it leaned to one side, drying to press its body to the rock, evidently trying to make itself less visible.