All, I will be traveling to the Mountains of Northern Sonora and Chihuahua later this month. I'm hoping that folks on this list can direct me to pertinent...
Kurt: Hi. Go to the SEABA website and click on: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/Fieldtrips.html And: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/news.html Also: ...
Hi guys, great leps day yesterday at Pine Valley, San Diego. Papilio rutulus - 3 Papilio eurymedon - 5 Colias harfordii good number Colias eurytheme - 3 ...
Dear lepsters, especially SEABA folks, Please note that I have changed my website to: http://www.naturewideimages.com/ It now includes three pages of...
Click here for pics: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoWestLep/photos/browse/af5f Found this Milkweed growing in the Spring Mtns. Clark County, Nevada in...
I am not sure iof this is the right place as I am on multiple butterfly lists so bear with me. Someone today asked about the identy of a milkweed they had run...
Everyone: I stopped beirfly in the Temblor Range two weeks ago and saw nothing but Acmon Blues and Painted Ladies. I stopped there for 3 and one half hours...
Hi Payton, It looks like one of the 'staghorn' types of milkweed. I think it would be like Asclepias asperula or similar. If you get seeds I would love some. ...
Hi all, I got home this afternoon and was walking up to the house when I saw one of my yellow friends again. This one came down from the hills for a bit of...
This year the SWW Birding and Nature Festival, feaaturing birds, bats, butterflies, dragonflies, etc. will be held August 1 - 6 in Bisbee, AZ. There will be a...
Saturday, June 17, SEABA will have a field trip to Mt. Graham. With a mix of species from the Rockies and the Sierra Madre of Mexico, this sky island that...
All: I spent an hour around lunch checking out the Aliso loop trail today. I spent another lunchtime last week further up stream hoping to find Great Coppers...
Everyone: I spent two and one half hours near Frazier Park; north of that town on a dirt road overlooking Cuddy Creek from the first Cuddy Creek Crossing as...
Everyone: Today (June 10th), Dick Meyer and I collected butterflies from the Sherman Pass Rd. south to Big Meadow (Tulare County at 8000') south to Pine Flat...
Hi everybody, Spent few hours today along canyon near Pine Valley, San Diego Co. Papilio rutulus 3 Papilio eurymedon common Colias harfordi common Nathalis...
Pretty slow in Leps. here. Still in severe drought. 1/8 inch of rain since early September, less than an inch since last April. A bit more in Albuuqerque,...
Hey Ken and all, I've been away for the past week, but wanted to chime in on Ken's post on the Frazier Park area. I was driving through the area just over a...
Everyone: I spent 5 hours in the Greenhorns from Linn's Valley and Glennville east to Cedar Creek, Alta Sierra and the Shirley Meadows area, Kern County, CA....
Hi Koji and all, I almost fainted today when a pale Swallowtail zipped past me in my front yard. This is a rare and unusual sighting for this suburban...
All: On Friday June 9, I visited the McKinley and San Rafael Mountain area in Santa Barbara county. This is part of an on-going program with the Santa Barbara...
Hi everyone, I noticed that there are two types of Euchloe hyantis I collected in Laguna Mts, San Diego. One is similar to E. hyantis andrewsi on Emmel &...
Greetings, As far as I know, all montane E. hyantis in San Diego County are the "peninsular segregate", but I have always suspected that E. lotta might occur...
Well, there are a few Leps out now, in fact quite a few. There were hints of this the last few nights, but tonight it is amazing. There are literally...
update - the little underwing with marginal orange is Bulia deducta. Also took one fresh Drasteria howlandi (2nd generation, as there was a strong flight...
Everyone: As Nick Lethaby posted, he has added the Pacuvius Duskywing to the Santa Barbara County list. Geographically, the subspecies in that county should be...
All, I'm curious - what is the currently accepted name for the leanira ssp. that flies in this part of Santa Barbara County? My guess would be wrighti, but I...
Cool! This needs study. Of course, the strongly marked desert "lotta" is common earlier in the season. I'd say the marbles from the Laguna's should all be ...
Ray, I've taken specimens of "lotta" phenotypes from near Scissors Crossings during wet years. They don't appear to be any different than the butterflies that...