Here is a link to a picture of a normal and aberrant (?) Thicket Hairstreak, I took this spring. Of course they show blue on the dorsal, but I have not seen a...
This from David Wright... Your photo does seem to be an aberrant spinetorum. There are no thecline taxa in Mexico that look like this. There are a few...
Under the able guidance of Chris Schmidt and Don Lafontaine from the CNC (Canada, a place where insect systematics still lives!) a special volume of Zookeys is...
Bruce Walsh
jbwalsh@...
May 2, 2009 4:35 pm
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Fellow Lepheads, Going back to the snake posts a few weeks ago, I just removed a gorgeous foot long Western Diamondback from my neighbors yard. Butterfly nets...
JimJoanJoy@...
May 2, 2009 6:11 pm
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I'll be in Sacramento this week and may have some time to get away for some birding/butterflying. Can anyone recommend some good spots at this time of year...
... Philip, you could check out some of Art Shapiro's study sites in and around Sacramento: http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/sites/map Art has also been posting...
Art Shapiro does not belong to any Yahoo Groups, but he ... "Mr. Kline: If I can be of use feel free to contact me. The weather is iffy at least through...
Lepsters, I headed up north today and spent the day (9:30 to 2:30) on the Colonel Devin Trail to the north of Payson. This is accessed from the Port...
All: I spent about an hour checking the stream crossing by the Dry Creek crossing and various lupine patches in the river bed. No sign of course of Arrowhead...
Nick: A very high percentage of days there this spring have been overcast ones. I suspect this has impacted flights and diversity. The highest number of...
I've been really sick since I flew home from SEAZ - some flu bug that came up from Mexico, I guess. Today, after two weeks of illness and with complete...
We decided to leave 105 degree Yuma, AZ and drive our house up to Springerville in the Arizona White Mountains for a couple of weeks before we take off for...
Visited the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona on May 5. Started walking the trails at 8:00 with an armload of photography gear. The morning was...
I headed up to the Crystal Basin area yesterday to try my luck (actually my main purpose was trying and failing to lay my eyes on a Mountain Quail for the...
FYI: Amazon lists the due-date for Powell and Opler's Moths of Western North America as 27 May...
Bruce Walsh
jbwalsh@...
May 8, 2009 10:01 pm
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Dear Lepsters, At 11:30 this morning, I found a rather fresh Arawacus jada (Creamy Spripestreak) nectaring on Rhamnus. Photos were distributed to the Powers...
Philip: Under your "propertius" pictures: First photo is propertius Second photo looks like persius. Under your "persius" pictures: I hesitate to identify...
Mike and I decided to visit Green's Peak Road again today to see if we could get photos of Pyrgus xanthus (Mountain Checkered-Skipper) females ovipositing and...
Nick, Chris and all: Chris Grinter and I visited Santa Barbara and Dry Canyons today (May 9th). Having your (Nick's post for Santa Barbara Canyon last weekend)...
Everyone: Santa Barbara and Dry Canyons in eastern Santa Barbara County, California have become very popular destinations this spring since this destination...
Mike and I decided to try a different area today to see what's flying. We started the day at 9:00am at Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Management Area Road....
There were numerous Deva Skippers nectaring at a patch of thistle in the morning just above the middle campground. I also found them nectaring commonly on a...
To the group On April 11, 99, I found H. diffinis common, and ova on a Lonicera ssp. in Garden Canyon, Huachuca Mountains. I feel that the H. diffinis were...
Mike and I decided to try Green's Peak Road again today for Polites rhesus (Rhesus Skipper). We pretty thoroughly covered all the best spots on the first 4...
Philip: Its subspecies california. Subspecies eryngii is still far more to the north. Ken Davenport Subject: [SoWestLep] Common Ringlet ssp. in California ...
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