I received a note from PD Hulce, the count coordinator, last night. He tells me that due to Southwest Wings (Sierra Vista, Aug 1-5) only two people have...
The trip described in this report involved butterflying in areas covered by SoWestLep and by NorWestLeps. Thus I will post to both groups. Sorry for any...
Thank you Bill for providing this trip report, this will be very valuable for all of us leppers who are interested in visiting these areas. I am proud to be...
July California Butterflying Trip Report, Part 2 July 13 - Friday the Thirteenth it was! I didn't think about that fact as the day began, but I was to be...
July California Butterflying Trip Report, Part 3 July 17 - By 08:30, we were hiking the trail over the talus slopes on the west side of Saddlebag Lake. Here,...
My wife & I will be going to the ornithology meetings in Laramie, WY next week and we'll have a day or a day and a half to look for/ photograph butterflies (&...
Everyone, Mike and I have been in the White Mountains of Arizona since June 15th photographing butterflies and whatever other wildlife we can. This is a...
Hi Jim, Cliff Ferris directed me earlier in the year to Yellow Pine Campground, Medicine Bow National Forest, near Happy Jack Road. I think that is one of the...
Greetings, Just wanted to let folks know that we will have a special Sunday butterfly walk tomorrow at BTA at 9:30AM. Dave Powell will be the walk leader. ...
Leppers, I headed out to Patagonia again on Saturday to see if I could get some better photos of Slaty and Texas Roadside Skipper. The weather was not optimal...
All: In the dunes S. of the Santa Maria River mouth in N. Santa Barbara county, I was surprised to find a lot of Mormon Metalmarks flying. Can anyone tell me...
Recently moved to Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (all of three weeks now) and found a tattered male Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata) flitting around our garage...
Nick, I hope you did not collect any specimens without permission since these dunes are part of a Nature Conservancy Preserve. These A. mormo are considered...
Dear Lepsters, Early this afternoon, I photographed a Polydamus Swallowtail in the back yard butterfly garden. According to Bailowitz and Brodkin 2007 (in...
Robert: Excellent record, the equivalent to being tied with Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds! I'm quite jealous. I've never seen that species in the field. Best...
Greetings, Dave Powell led our special Sunday butterfly walk this past Sunday. Here is what he found: Pipevine Swallowtail 20 Two-tailed Swallowtail 2 ...
Hi Bob, Yep, Battus polydamas. Note correct spelling, just to be picky! Tell me more about "Bailowitz and Brodkin 2007, in press" What is title, coverage,...
The book is FINDING BUTTERFLIES IN ARIZONA - A GUIDE TO THE BEST SITES. Included is an annotated list of all documented Arizona records with some of the best...
The count will be on August 11. Meet for breakfast at the Lone Star Café (corner of Hereford and SR 92) at 6:00 am. The Compilation will be at the Country...
Dear Lepsters, Just two days after Arizona's second Polydamas Swallowtail was found in Cochise Co., AZ, another individual was located by Bob Stewart in...
Bob, Although not unexpected, this seems to be a Santa Cruz County record! It is probably one of the 3 best-known counties in western states, but will produce...
Between yesterday morning and this morning there must have been a heavy rain in Garden Canyon on Ft. Huachuca. There are several really bad spots that have...
Water is running in Pima Canyon near Tucson, which made for some nice butterflying this morning. Odonates were plentiful and varied too. Highlight was a...
My hammock skipper turned out to be an acacia skipper after a closer look at my photos. I didn't realize that acacia skippers can show a strong purple sheen...
Dear Lepsters, CJ Vincent asked me to forward this information because he is having posting to the listserv. On 8 and 11 August he photographed a nice fresh...
Everyone: Rains have come to the eastern Mojave (=Mohave) Desert which dropped several inches of rain in southeastern California (Goff's Road) and east in...
Zilpa Longtail - Chiodes zilpa August 8, 2007 5494 East Edwin Road, Tucson 85739 (In one of our hummingbird/butterfly gardens) 32°30'29.58"N 110°52'35.05"W ...
Sorry for this late post... We had to be in Phoenix this past weekend -my son started the second grade today- so in making do with the time we had we somehow...
Hey Rob, If you are out there contact me off list. THX chris If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done. Chris Kline Education...
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