Had a fantastic time yesterday exploring Montosa Canyon with Rich Hoyer, Eric Eaton, and Margarethe Brummerman. We arrived at 7:30 and visited several...
Friday morning, my son and I went for a stroll around the Point Loma coastal area. We began about the time that the sun was burning through the maritime...
Hi all, Once again, went out to Laguna Mountains this morning... Looking for Afranius Duskywing, but no luck... White Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) ...
Doug Mullins and I lepped Hunter Canyon, on the east side of the Huachucas, yesterday, as part of the Huachuca Mountains Butterfly Count. This canyon is...
Greetings. Before the NABA meetings in Kernville [and a "pretrip" to Arizona's White Mountains with the Massachusetts Butterfly Club], I spent a week in Los...
Everyone I tried a number of places for butterflies today (August 5th).. Some were poor or lost causes, other places had interesting butterflies. Erskine...
Greetings, In the past week I have had two conversations with list members about how there haven't been many butterfly observations posted this summer. ...
Good numbers of butterflies in Catalina State Park this morning. I identified the following: 16 Pipevine swallowtail 4 Two-tailed swallowtail 12 Orange...
I have recently agreed to be the Arizona coordinator for butterfly sightings for the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) website. Visit the site...
CJ Vincent is coming all the way up from Tucson to show us his awe- inspiring butterfly- and nature photos, so please join us on Saturday August 9th, from...
Hi all, Very early visit to the mountains between 8:00-10:00 AM. My main purpose this time was to collect Parish's Locoweed for my unknown Colias larvae. But...
Hi all, Some of you may already know. FYI http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102299.html?hpid=topnews Koji San Diego...
Koji, Actually, the CA Ceraunus Blue can be found flying even in the riparian canyons that drain into the Pacific Ocean. Cool that you reared one out. Mark. ...
Let's get back to discussing what the group was started for. Disussions of the ESA typically generate more heat than light. Here is the scope of SoWestLep: ...
See how you are Alex? You come all the way from New England and stir up controversy!!! (Just giving you a hard time.) Bruce, it was nice to see you in Utah!!...
Hey Todd, Your mention of Big Springs Hollow brought back fond memories! How is the Relict Fritillary population doing there this year? If it wasn't for your...
Hey Jeff! I was going to mention you and your trek to Utah in my response. Can you include a link to the leps you shot at Big Springs Hollow in 2005? Both my...
Hey Jeff, Did we stage the relict fritillary shot? I thought you got those naturally at Big Springs Hollow. I remember we had to manipulate the Boloria...
Hey Todd, Actually, I don't remember for sure if we staged the kriemhild shot. We did indeed stage selene and I think we staged the P. clodius, too. Anyway,...
Yesterday Paul K. and I had a great time exploring Montosa Canyon. Since it was quite a drive from Scottsdale, we didn't start till 8am. First we stopped along...
Everyone: August tends to be a very bad month for butterflies in most of California except for higher mountain ranges. My motivation and goal was to collect...
Doug Mullins and I lepped Carr Canyon today and had a very enjoyable and successful outing. Temps in the 70's kept the weather pleasant on the hike to and...
I just had my FOS Phoebis agarithe in my yard. It was a gorgeous male. ... John Saba Tucson, Arizona Nature Study Is a Grand Adventure! [Non-text portions of...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. http://naturenm.org/NM/bahia.html Bob Barber Alamogordo, NM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Bob: There is a good change the moth larvae on Bahia is Lineostriastiria hachita, a nouctid in the subfamily Stiriinae, adult: ...
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Today, Tuesday August 19, I spent my day off at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Pinal Co. I wanted to see what is flying right now in preparation of the second...