Dear High Country Lep member, Pasted below is an announcement of three butterfly counts along the Colorado Front Range. This information was compiled by Jan...
Hi all. If any of you think you might be in the right area (Mono County region of California) to collect study specimens of Coenonympha ampelos (or tullia)...
New to the list and just a beginner at butterflies, I would like to post some Arizona sightings, since most of the postings are from California. David Powell...
Hi all, For your info... <May 5, Laguna Mountains> Harford's Sulphur female Juba Skipper Marine Blue Cold and windy. Hardly any butterflies flying. <May 6,...
Everyone: By now, most of you who are members of the Lepidopterists' Society have your copy of the 2006 Season Summary. Mine arrived in my mailbox today. John...
On Friday there was no buckwheat blooming around Lake Hodges (San Diego County) and few leps. Sunday the fasciculatum was starting to bloom and there were...
Everyone, Who can ask for anything more...vouchering a county record while at work in Camarillo, CA (Ventura county)! Today is wednesday 9 May 07, and I was...
Everyone: I cancelled my plans to collect in the western Yosemite region foothills and collected in the upper Kern River region at Ant Canyon, North of Roads...
I tried out Garnet Peak today. Warm and calm wind. I hoped to see more, but not so much... Pale Swallowtail Anise Swallowtail Indra Swallowtail (4-5 some...
John: Great record, I believe that is the first capture for Ventura County. The first record was a shared sight record (in the Season Summary) if my memory is...
John: Your GIANT SWALLOWTAIL (Papilio cresphontes) from Camarillo, VENTURA COUNTY is a full County record. The record I was thinking of is actually for SANTA...
Everyone: I reported a population of Gorgon Coppers off the upper Kern River as subspecies micropunctata. After looking at the series of ten individuals I...
David: Your unidentified crescent is a female Field Crescent (Phyciodes pulchellus=campestris) of the southwestern Sierra Nevada segregate. Your "Gabb's"...
May 12, Laguna Meadows - Pine Valley sightings Pale Swwallowtail Harford's Sulphur Gray Marble x2 - I feel lucky on this one. Spring Azure - still common ...
Everyone: Once again, I gave the Sherman Pass area a visit, collecting from Ant Canyon, the Dam N of Roads End, Limestone and hiked from the locked gate up to...
NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, May 22, 2007, 7:30 - 9:30 pm http://www.naba-la.org Topic: "Butterflies of Asia" - A Presentation by Paul Levine During the past six...
All: Today, I met up with Wes Fritz for a quick lunch check on the ridge top along Camino Cielo East. Before I get into the butterflies, which were pretty...
Everyone: I had reported Al and Tom Rubbert found Veined Blues and Leanira Checkerspots 3 miles up the Sawmill Rd. in the Greenhorns. Al reports they found...
Few minutes visit at Laguna Mountain, San Diego on May 17. Pale Swallowtail Harford's Sulphur Bernardino Blue Lupine Blue Acmon Blue Mormon Metalmarks were...
I am going to visit the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico in early June. Can anyone give me information of choice butterfly areas? Or someone I should contact? ...
Hi! According to Gordon Pratt, the mormo at El Prado campground are A. peninsularis. I saw ten there one spring. Since the traits separating the two species...
Hi Lynn, Thanks for your advise. So should I consider Metalmarks along Sunrise Highway are all A. m. peninsularis? How about this guy attached? ... KOJI San...
Hi guys, No luck so far, in spite of nice food plants and nectar source...maybe still early... Anyway, today's sightings at Laguna Mountains, San Diego Co... ...
Koji, The best way to differentiate between the two mormo taxa is to identify the food plants. A. mormo peninsularis is associated with Eriogonum wrightii...
I visited Box Canyon, Pima Co., AZ from 11:00 to 1:00 and a desert wash (where the creek crosses the road about 6 miles or so towards Madera Canyon from Box...
On May 19 SEABA had it's field trip down through Box Canyon in Pima County, starting at the Greaterville Road. Clear skies, light breezes and temperatures...
John, Thanks for your guidance. They were on and around of E. wrightii membranaceum, not E. fasciculatum, so I guess the outburst was A. m. peninsularis....
John: Great post John. I have no experience with peninsularis yet, but did examine that series and others that are probably that bug at the LACM last month....
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