Everyone: The Prestons (Floyd and June) left Kansas to collect butterflies and I am sure the weather has not been cooperative. Cloudy skies and rain, wind and...
Here in central AZ, 2006 has been a total bust so far. I ended up leading the butterfly walk that I couldn't talk anyone else into doing, just postponing it...
Hey Chris: It's all relative. If I found six Pipevine Swallowtails in one day anywhere in southern California, I would consider it to be a career day! Ken...
TGIA - Thank God its April, March was such a bust, but today a glimmer of hope penetrated my pessimism. Eight species and 37 individuals. Sunny, light breeze,...
Sorry for come again over this issue, but I am having a bad time trying to understand some of the post about this issue. My doubts are not so much about...
Got another brief opportunity to look at bugs in the yard this morning, before the wind took them away. Still not much for nectar, just the Rosemary, but there...
A reminder........First I truly appreciate all reports, but everyone needs to leave a proper signature with name (first & last), location and e-mail address....
Oops - realized I wasn't done after I sent that. Dave Ferguson se. corner Valencia County New Mexico. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Chris and all, Do you have a source for Aristolochia watsoni? I have had some kind people send me seeds in the past...they are the most difficult seed to...
Hey Chris and all, I have a butterfly walk next Saturday at the El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach, CA. These days there is no way to know if it will be...
Last week, March 26 to 29, SEABA had it’s first ever spring Sonoran butterfly trip. Mark Pretti Nature Tours provided the logistics and the van. We would...
Jesus: You are correct about the confusion on the correct names on this issue. The confusion exists because it is unclear whether these are one species or two....
Further research reveals that the skipper originally id’d as Western Scallopwing is more probably Equal Scallopwing Staphylus iguala. Click on: HYPERLINK ...
10th annual NABA Butterfly Count--Borrego Springs & Environs The Count was held on Monday 27 March 2006, a sunny warm day (high 83 degrees) with no wind....
Hello Lynn and everybody, My apologies for these late posts and also for not being able to make it to the count this year. From your report I can see that the...
Hello Lynn and everybody, My apologies for these late posts and also for not being able to make it to the count this year. From your report I can see that the...
Yesterday, responding to a hunch, I hike parts of Miramar Lake before the storm and found the Bladderpod starting to bloom and refound the small colony of ...
Dear Pete, I'm sure you meant Rattlepod or Astragalis and not Bladderpod. Of course there is always the possibility you did mean Bladderpod in which case the...
Fred Heath
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I am back from Costa Rica. I traveled with a long time friend who doesn't do bugs. I did not get to spend as much time as I would have liked chasing...
Hi Tom, In my opinion, http://www.pbase.com/azttttommy/image/58216938 is a courting pair of Pyrgus oileus http://www.pbase.com/azttttommy/image/58216943...
Everyone: After 2 weeks straight of clouds, cold, rain and snow, I did not expect many butterflies today.(April 6) It was sunny and in the 70's. As expected...
Happened to run across a copy yesterday for $48 -- a difficult out-of- print book to find! One of extremely very few with Latin American skippers. David Kay...
Everyone: Following weeks of wet weather, the Sierra Nevada foothills are very greened up and ablaze with colorful wildflowers. The creeks and rivers are full,...
Just saw something really exciting, and I tried to catch it. Missed. Got a really good look, but no camera handy either. First time I've seen one here (se....
Everyone: I originally intended to send this answer to Brian Banker's question below to the group because it lays a historical perspective to the quest for...
Bob Barnes and others seeing these butterfly count plans. I plan to participate in these counts this season and have requested time off from work to do so. The...
Hi Dave, Never a dumb question, but... Definitely was not P. polyxenes. Very Very different. Definitely a male (valvae were in plain view). Besides, just...
Hi Dave, Interesting, but I doubt that this was an indra swallowtail. First the only records for New Mexico are for San Juan and McKinley Cos.and they are for...
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