Everyone: There is a very nice photo in the Lorquin Society Newsletter of a Indra Swallowtail in the" eastern Mohave Desert in May" by Ken Osbourne. I'm...
I just posted 2 photos of a freshly emerged Great Ash Sphinx that I took in my yard - Fillmore, CA - on August 01, 2004. They are posted on the SoWestLep,...
I definitely don't know much about moths. It has been very graciously suggested that the photos I posted as a Great Ash Sphinx are more likely of an Elegant...
I have posted Mary Shepherd's images of and comments about Sphinx perelegans to http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/caVenturasph.htm I've also added some comments...
Joint Meeting of The Lepidopterists’ Society and SEABA, 2-7 August 2005, Windemere Conference Hotel, Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA SYMPOSIUM Biodiversity and...
Hi, Bill, Great site you've created. I have the following records for Sphingidae from Ventura Co. All are in my collection except as noted. 7775 Manduca...
Hi All, For anyone interested, the following paper: Warren, A. D. & O. H. H. Mielke. 2005. Synonymic notes on North and Central American Lerodea Scudder, ...
Dear Lepsters, At 11:10 this morning, I found a Creamy Stripe-streak (Arawacus jada) nectaring in my back yard on a mat of Myoporum. Fortuitously, Hank Brodkin...
All, Here are the results of the annual Memorial Weekend Count at Pinnacles National Monument. One person, three days (19 hours/18 miles). Hilltoppers are ...
During the wee hours of May 27, Bill Gendron and I headed north over the Grapevine on Interstate 5 for a four-day lep excursion across the mountains of...
All: After last weeks bust at the Santa Ynez mountains tops, decided to try a bit lower down in the Upper Santa Ynez River. After 2-3 years of looking here, I...
http://www.saber.net/~monarch/fallonhwy.jpg http://www.saber.net/~monarch/ferndead.jpg http://www.saber.net/~monarch/fernnectar.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado,...
Everyone: Some weeks ago it was mentioned that development of the type locality for Phyllis' Swallowtail (Papilio indra phyllisae) was planned. A wind farm of...
Everyone: John Pasko sent me this e-mail regarding his observations on the east slope Piute Mountains population. My comments after his: Hi Ken, Your note...
Yesterday I visited one of my favorite spots in the Santa Clarita valley (Los Angeles Co., CA) - the canyons just North of Bear Divide ranger station. The...
Hi Tom, Thanks for posting this list of your sphinx moth specimens from Ventura County! I really don't do moths, but I sometimes check Paul's web site if I...
For LAS and others regarding the Kern Primrose Sphinx Moth: Please note that the record I listed is NOT a collection record, but an observation of a larval...
I just saw a Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) in my yard in Carr Canyon. I was unable to photograph or capture it - so chalk it up as a hypothetical sighting as I...
Hank Brodkin wrote: "I just saw a Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) in my yard in Carr Canyon. I was unable to photograph or capture it - so chalk it up as a ...
The SE AZ locals on this listserve post their routine findings on a highly regular basis, and indeed we have a tantalizing list of what's flying there right...
Hank Brodkin wrote: "I just saw a Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) in my yard in Carr Canyon. I was unable to photograph or capture it - so chalk it up as a ...
Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., West Turkey Creek, Sunday, June 5, 2005, 9:00 - 5:00, 33 species: Western Tiger Swallowtail 7+ Chiricahua White 2 (males) ...
All: I checked out the lower part of the Aliso loop trail here on Sunday. I had my young children with me so could not check species like blues thoroughly....
Spent a couple of days in Greer, Apache Co, Arizona. East fork of Little Colorado Rive. Elevation 8500ft. Western Tiger Swallowtail 20+* (I have a picture of...