It's getting pretty dry out there... June 30, 2007 - Laguna Mountain - Guatay area , San Diego county Western Tiger Swallowtail Pale Swallowtail Cabbage White ...
Awlfully hot in Phoenix...desert-like. My wife decided we should go to Flagstaff. Who am I to argue? I went up to Snowbowl. The lower reaches of the mountain...
Hello, I forgot to add Peninsular Metalmark (Apodemia mormo peninsularis) to the list. Only 2-3 out there and looks like the season is ending. KOJI On Mon Jul...
On Monday I was able to tag along on a trip to Palomar Mountain State Park. The weather was perfect. Hot and sunny conditions with a little breeze made for a...
Pete and others, In 1958 I was a junior leader during the summer at the Mataguay BSA ranch, and I provided butterfly nets for catch-ID-release. We saw one ...
Hi Rosemary - I'd suggest Capulin Springs in the Sandia Mtns. It's high altitude (9000-ish feet), but I've always seen good numbers of butterflies around this...
For those of you heading to the LepSoc meeting in Bakersfield next week, the following is listing of the species (by Bob Barnes, compiler) found on the two...
The 4th of July and Seasonal Butterfly Counts is an ongoing program to census the butterflies of North America (United States, Canada and Mexico) and to...
In addition, the Central AZ Butterfly Association will be taking its first crack at a 4th of July count on August 11 at Boyce Thompson Arboretum for those of...
Hi guys... Here is a pict of the skipper from Black Mountain, Ramona, San Diego Co. Now I'm leaning towards Dun Skipper female...than Julia Skipper... Any...
Koji, It looks like a Dun Skipper to me. Actually I am quite familiar with them of late. In late June, while back in Pennsylvania visiting my father, this...
Koji - I must agree with Pete - Dun Skipper, or Harbison's Dun Skipper to be more precise. I knew Harbie well; he was one of my early mentors in San Diego. ...
Dear Koji, There are pictures of a couple of specimens of female Dun Skippers taken in San Diego in mid-June in the Emmel brothers' The Butterflies of Southern...
Hairstreaks and blues were the order of the day in the Guatay area west of Pine Valley. Seventeen different species were seen in the Oak Woodland habitat on a...
Hi Pete and others, That is a nice list. It is always a pleasure to see Hermes coppers. Melissa blue might be a new locality for it; the only place in San ...
Ray, Actually, nowadays, you find Melissa Blues much more in San Diego. I've seen them in Palomar Mountain along the road to the observatory. (MANY) Sunrise...
Everyone: Several notable people participated in the first field trip day for the Lep Soc meeting in Bakersfield. Butterfly activity was past prime but choice...
Hello guys, I was trying to figure out San Diego's Lorquin's Admiral subspecies. Looking at the Emmel's Systematic book, looks like the subspecies we should...
Today while guiding the Ramsey Canyon Walk Priscilla and I saw a species neither of us had seen before - 2 individuals of Ursine Giant-Skipper. Also were...
Everyone: I mentioned to some that July 16th was an historical day for butterfly field trips connected with an annual meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society at...
Everyone: Over 70 species plus several subspecies have been reported for the Bakersfield based meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society so far with one more day...
Ken, I really enjoyed your posting on the skippers in the horse pasture. Livestock pastures and hayfields are some of my favorite places to find butterflies....
Hi Ken, That is a very interesting report! I'm just getting ready to catch a flight from Reno back to Salt Lake City; but I VERY much appreciated the...
Andrew Kim: Please contact me with your mailing address so that we can send you your copy of the Yosemite color plates. My computer lost your email address. ...
Todd: Thanks for the report of your trip. The Audubon Preserve at Weldon is now aware of the situation with the Alkali Skipper and will be evaluating the needs...
Thanks to help from Hank Brodkin, Rich Bailowitz, and Jim Brock, Kim and I have found a colony of Simius Roadside-Skipper, "Amblyscirtes" simius, here in the...
Hi all, Sighting at Lake Cuyamaca today Checkered White Cabbage White Orange Sulphur Harford's Sulphur Great Copper (20+) Purplish Copper (Hundreds and...
Well, the monsoons are really pounding SE Arizona, and the mothing has been excellent! Ray Nagle and I ran into three very fresh P. terlooii sphinx moths in...
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