I'm sure many of you own or have heard about Kim Garwood and Richard Lehman's book "Butterflies of Northeastern Mexico: Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi,...
All, Bill Bouton has donated 123 of his excellent photos of live adult butterflies to the Mariposas Mexicanas photo library. Bill is one of the best nature...
All: At the Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara I had a Cloudless Sulphur and 8 Wandering Skippers today. Nick Lethaby DSP/BIOS Product Manager Software Development...
Jane: On that one, we would need photos, maybe specimens. Euphilotes are difficult. Ken Do you accept sight records or only vouchers? Euphilotes battoides...
3.2 miles west of SR 83 right after the beginning of Box Canyon RD Rich Bailowtiz and I found a row of Rabbitbrush in a gully. The area is in extreme...
Hank, The small checkered skipper seems to have had a large fall flight in NW Arizona as well. Kilian Roever told me Monday night that he saw 50+ at a water...
Dear Lepsters, A nice surprise in the yard today was a very fresh Violet-clouded Skipper nectaring on Salvia nemorosa. For the curious, it's the fourth picture...
Everyone: Another issue that has been problematic is what to call the southern Sierra Nevada population of the Field Crescent known scientifically as Phyciodes...
Everyone: In the Systematics of North American Butterflies book (1998), J. Emmel, T. Emmel & S. Mattoon described a Silvery Blue subspecies (Glaucopsyche...
I visited Alamo Canyon in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona on November 2 and 3. I've been there two other times at this time of year. The leps...
We had a beautiful day with 32 species on Rabbitbrush including two Mexican Fritillaries and a late Palmer's Metalmark. The location was Garden Wash on the San...
There is a good flight of Hemileuca juno, a dark, day flying Saturnid found in Mesquite woodlands flying now in southeastern Arizona. We saw them Wednesday in...
Took the day off work. I wanted to join SEABA for their Garden Wash Rabbitbrush Walk. But the thought of driving all the way to Sierra Vista and back in one...
Hi Hank, The Sphingidae book by Jim Tuttle is now "in review" by the Wedge Foundation that publishes the moths of America north of Mexico series of monographs....
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Everyone: From the Sherman Pass scenic view at 9200' new snow was visible on Mt. Whitney and nearby ridges. Winter is coming and yellow composites are...
Ken and all, Saturday was partly cloudy and Sunday was mostly cloudy, but on a couple hikes with my family at Pinnacles National Monument in San Benito Co, CA...
Paul: I suspected you would get out and break those records Sunday. Good going! Every day now has opportunities for new LATE fall records. Ken Davenport. Ken...
I visited Coronado NF, November 5, 2005 (Cochise CO, AZ). Temps were in the low 70’s in the mountains, low 80’s at lower elevations, with sunny skies. I...
Hi Ken and all, After voting today, I drove to San Antonio Canyon near Mt. Baldy, San Bernardino Co., for my daily hike between the hydroelectric power plants....
Hi Ken and all, Monarchs (Danaus plexippus) were two weeks early this year in Long Beach. Some are still arriving as evidenced yesterday. Richard James Long...
Bill: You have two LATE state records. Ochlodes sylvanoides extends Paul Johnson's record. And your Lorquin's Admiral breaks a late record set in 1938,...
Here are some observations from my yard this morning, Nov. 11. Right now the weather has changed and the wind is blowing, with clouds and hints of rain. Even...
I have just had a cancellation from my 2006 butterfly collecting trip to Alaska, 24 June to 2 July, 2006. This leaves space for one person to join a group of...
On Saturday, 11/12/05, Pena Blanca Lake (Santa Cruz Co.) yielded 41 species, including the following sightings of interest: Boisduval's Yellow Eurema...
Dear Lepsters, Despite a couple of chilly nights, things are still hopping. From 2:00-3:00 PM today (13 Nov 2005), the following 28 species were observed in...
Everyone: Because of the wet year and unusually mild temperatures for November...many butterflies are still flying on November 13th. Localities checked...
Everyone: I received my issue of the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society (Volume 59 Number 3 dated 28 October 2005). There is an interesting article...
Everyone: I sent many of my specimens of the Mormon Metalmark complex to John Emmel for his evaluation of them. Considerable work needs to be done with...
Dear Ken, I guess we now SHARE the late record for Northern White Skipper. Yesterday, I found one male in Sycamore Canyon on the west end of the Santa Monica...
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