Dear Lepsters, A White-striped Longtail was present in the yard today (along with Dorantes Longtail). The image is posted as the topmost butterfly at: ...
This message is posted with the permission of the listowner(s). Optics4Birding Optics Fair December 1 & 2 Ever wanted to try out a whole bunch of different...
Everyone: I made a two hour search along the Kern River at Hart Park, Lake Ming and the Rancheria Road crossing in a search of butterflies this late in the...
Hi Ken... Nice diversity for a two hour trip. I'm so frustrated that I presently cannot even get out for even a two minute trip - found out today that I now...
Pete: Both low temperatures and drought can affect Buckeye populations and deep freezes can kill off the species in affected areas, or else only a few will...
Hi All, Here too, no signs of Buckeyes where they are every year. The Larval food plants are there, but the larvae and adults have vanished. Richard James Long...
Everyone It was partly cloudy in the Lake Isabella area, Kern County, California today, November 4, 2007. Localities visited included Erskine Creek including...
All, yesterday I managed to see 6 species of butterfly in my yard in Inyokern -- West Coast Lady, Painted Lady, Orange Sulphur, Western Pygmy-Blue, Monarche,...
Susan and everyone: The state LATE record is 17 November 1963 Riverside County Keith Hughes. The very fresh condition of Susan's female (which was released...
Everyone: I decided to get back to the Lake Isabella region and did a transect which included Erskine Creek, Kernville, Chico Flat, Corral Creek, Ant Canyon,...
I've been pretty busy catching-up on some of the video footage I shot over the summer, and managed to get about 10 new ones online so far. The links are below...
Alex: A must reference for anyone studying the Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) is: Cercyonis pegala (Fabricius) (Nymphalidae,: Satyrinae) in the Great...
Alex and all, Also try Southwestern Naturalist, Vol 51,#4. p. 552. by Contreras-Balderas and Warren If you can find it. j. brock ...
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Today is likely the last day any diversity in butterflies will be seen here in central NM, but time will tell. Sunny, about 72 F for a high temperature today....
Hello Dave, What's up? Do you know what you're Hemiargus isola are using out there? It would be fun to get back out there and sample some of your spring...
I headed to Madera Canyon yesterday to look for some recently reported rare birds. While there, I noticed that a few Chricahua whites are still flying between...
Dear LA-NABA members: The bad news is that in my plea for help to continue the group, because our President Margaret Huffman had fractured her hip after a...
I am no longer interested in owning this Yahoo group. I will stay on as a regular member of the group, but no longer wish to make any decisions in it's future....
Hi Doug, I'm sorry to hear that. My initial reaction was to be interested in taking over for you; but, like you, I thought of DesertLeps, its broader scope,...
Hello all, Bruce Webb has stepped up to the plate and is officially now the owner of SoWestLep. I will just continue on as a regular member of this wonderful...
Many thanks to Doug Aguillard for starting and maintaining SoWestLep since 1999 and for letting me assume the duties of keeping the information flowing. I've...
Hi All, Oblivious as I am, I no nothing of politics in the butterfly world. I do know, I like Doug because he is he and does what he does. SoWestLep is a great...
Everyone: The butterfly season is over or winding down in much of the United States. For many of us it is time to spread specimens taken the past season or...
I have been working on getting my Arizona butterfly pictures up on the web and I have finished with the photographs I currently have. The website is at...
Hi Ken and all, West Coast Ladies finally about in the last month. The Cheeseweed has taken advantage of the small amount of rain we have had in Long Beach....
All, I went out to several Monarch overwintering sites over the past week, including one in San Clemente with David Marriott (Monarch Program). We saw a...
Doug, I regret that you feel that your time is up. It is a good group, and I think combining it with Desert Leps is a good idea. What does Stan think about...
Greetings, Kit and I drove from Oregon to San Diego for Thanksgiving with my father, age 93, and back again over the past 10 days. Very few butterflies were...
Hi Ray, Yeah, I think it is possible for overwintering colonies to get very small (few dozen individuals). I'm basing that on documented numbers in known ...
Hi Ray and all, Well here at El Dorado Nature Center in Long Beach, CA, we have plenty of resident and over wintering Monarchs. I would guess the migratory...
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