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11 May Fwd: FW: Cydia latiferreana; Filbertworm [Alex Grkovich ] 10 May SoCal Strolling ["Mark Walker" ] 10 May Eastern Mojave Desert [Wanda Dameron ] 8 May Siskiyou Co. Spot ["Nancy Hansen" ] 08 May Becker's White video ["jcmdi2005" ] 7 May RE: 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors ["Mark Walker" ] 6 May Re: 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors [Pete Spino ] 6 May 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors [SHIRAIWA KOJIRO ] 4 May Re: Gabb's Checkerspot [Pete Spino ] 4 May RE: [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? ["Mark Walker" ] 3 May Re: Gabbs Checkerspot [Pete Spino ] 3 May Re: Gabbs Checkerspot [SHIRAIWA KOJIRO ] 3 May Gabbs Checkerspot [Pete Spino ] 3 May Desert slopes-Tehachapi Mtns. ["Kenneth Davenport" ] 3 May Fw: [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? ["Kenneth Davenport" ] 04 May Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? ["Matthew York" ] 3 May Butterfly walk at BTA manana [chris kline ] 2 May RE: [DesertLeps] WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM [Todd Stout ] 2 May WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM [Andrew Warren ] 02 May Sunday, May 4th Butterfly Walk SE Arizona ["CJ Vincent" ] 1 May scientific name [Jim Howell ] 29 Apr Re: [leps-talk] Dead Links fixed ["Kenneth Davenport" ] 29 Apr Second stop at Hualapais, AZ. ["Kenneth Davenport" ] 29 Apr Hualapai Mtns., AZ ["Kenneth Davenport" ] 29 Apr season ["Nancy Hansen" ] 28 Apr Request for native white butterflies [Debra Piot ] 28 Apr Jon Pelham Arrives! [Todd Stout ] 28 Apr Santa Barbara Canyon, Santa Barbara Co, CA ["Lethaby, Nick" ] 28 Apr RE: Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona [Todd Stout ] 27 Apr Re: Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona [Bruce Walsh ] 28 Apr Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona ["CJ Vincent" ] 28 Apr Re: Laguna Mtns; San Diego Co.,CA [] 27 Apr Laguna Mtns; San Diego Co.,CA ["petespino8" ] 25 Apr Make it 24 species - Boyce Thompson Arboretum - central Arizona [chris kline ] 25 Apr La Purisima Mission State Park, Santa Barbara Co, CA ["Lethaby, Nick" ] 25 Apr Boyce Thompson Arboretum - central Arizona [chris kline ] 23 Apr LepSoc 2009-ELEN III Logo design competition [Andrew Warren ] 23 Apr San Diego Butterflies ["gmanager999" ] 15 Apr Re: Unwelcomed at Laguna Mountains, San Diego Co. [Ray Stanford ] 23 Apr Laguna Mountains, San Diego [] 20 Apr SEABA Garden Canyon Field Trip ["Hank Brodkin" ] 19 Apr Kelso Valley, Kern Co., CA [SHIRAIWA KOJIRO ] 19 Apr Mission Trails Regional Park; San Diego ["petespino8" ] 17 Apr Re: Madera Canyon, Arizona [] 17 Apr Madera Canyon, Arizona [Philip Kline ] 15 Apr Garden Canyon on Ft. Huachuca ["Hank Brodkin" ] 15 Apr Coronado Peak, South of Sierra Vista, AZ [Phil Kelly ] 14 Apr Re: Madera Canyon - Proctor Road [Philip Kline ] 14 Apr Re: Madera Canyon - Proctor Road ["dbbucher" ] 14 Apr Garden Canyon - Huachuca Mtns, Sierra Vista, AZ [Phil Kelly ] 13 Apr Unwelcomed at Laguna Mountains, San Diego Co. [SHIRAIWA KOJIRO ] 12 Apr RE: [DesertLeps] Larvae on juniperus ["Dave Wikle" ] Subject: Fwd: FW: Cydia latiferreana; Filbertworm From: Alex Grkovich <agrkovich2003 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 05:29:02 -0700 (PDT) Alex Grkovich wrote: Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 05:20:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Grkovich Subject: Fwd: FW: Cydia latiferreana; Filbertworm To: DesertLeps , TILS , SoWestLeps AT yahoogroups.com, TX Butterfly Question from Mike Leski below... Alex --------------------------------- From: Mike Leski [mailto:peterlep28 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Sat 5/10/2008 9:04 PM To: Grkovich, Alex Subject: Fw: Cydia latiferreana; Filbertworm Hi Alex- Can you post this forwarded message on the various lep lists? Any ideas as to how to remove this pest would be greatly appreciated. Mike We bought a filbert tree and the leaves started wilting and rolling up. I unrolled a few and found a small white worm with a brown head. I belive it is Cydia latiferreana; Filbertworm. I am sending a link to the web site. Any ideas where I can llok for answers on how to get rid of this? Thanks http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_fauna_sci-Insect&enlarge=0000+0000+1004+0621 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. CAUTION PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this transmission is intended to be sent only to the stated recipient of the transmission. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the intended recipient's agent, you are hereby notified that we do not intend to waive any privilege that might ordinarily be attached to this communication. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained in this transmission is therefore prohibited. You are further asked to notify us of any such error in transmission as soon as possible at the telephone number/email address shown above. Thank you for your cooperation. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: SoCal Strolling From: "Mark Walker" <xvermontrz AT cox.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:18:40 -0700 Yesterday, which was Friday, May 9, I left work in Rancho Bernardo at noon to head into the local mountains with David Marriott, the director of the Monarch Program. The weather had been dismal all week, blustery and cold, with several days of actual precipitation. We had been planning our trek to attempt to look for evidence of Speyeria coronis larvae on the many healthy violets that are now growing under the Laguna Mountain pine trees. By the looks of the sky, I was not expecting much in the way of butterfly activity, but by the time we reached Pine Creek, we had driven past the ugly cloud cover and were looking at blue skies. By this time it was already past 1:00 p.m., however, so I was still not expecting much. At our first stop, David pulled out a white sheet and laid it out under a young but robust Mountain Mahogany plant. After a few abrupt knocks with his butterfly net, we were all looking down at over a dozen fat and juicy 2nd thru 4th instar larvae of Satyrium tetra (the sprite gray hairstreak commonly named after its hostplant). By the looks of things, this early summer butterfly will have a strong flight. It never ceases to amaze me how much more knowledge sits inside of those entomologists who participate in full life cycle studies. I might have brushed up against the same plant, knocking all those immatures into the dirt, without ever knowing what I'd done. In just a few weeks, David will have documented the entire life cycle of this adorable little hairstreak (the females of which are large and spectacular). Even with the cooler temperatures and the lateness of the day, we enjoyed a number of other species. A fresh male Adelpha bredowii was patrolling an oak filled canyon, stopping to bask with wings open wide on preferred leaves of its hostplant. We enjoyed a flight of large and beautiful Plebejus lupini, which we were able to contrast easily with specimens of Plebejus acmon that were flying a bit higher in elevation. A fresh male Chlosyne gabbii and a relatively early male Lycaena gorgon were also on the wing. Erynnis funeralis was also flitting about. Near the top of the Laguna Mountains, the wind was blowing hard and cold. Few butterflies were enjoyed here, other than occasional Vanessa cardui, but Apodemia virgulti peninsularis was having a strong flight. Hundreds were seen while strolling along the highlands looking for violets. When you survey the landscape here, you can't help but notice that the forest (perturbed by annual raging wildfires) seems to be receding. Most of the peaks were barren already, but now where shaded forest understory used to predominate, not even pine seedlings are visible (after 5 years) and a rocky, treeless terrain seems to be taking hold. It just doesn't seem as if the forest that burned will ever be restored - the peaks of the Laguna Mountains starting to look more and more like the desert mountains that lie immediately to their east. I don't really blame the fire for this, but fire may indeed be accelerating what is an inevitable transformation away from lush mountain forest to barren chaparral. In any case, the many healthy violets that are thriving in this open terrain are enjoying growth without the nuisance of parasitical Fritillary caterpillars devouring them. Good for the violets, bad for the butterflies. On our way home we stopped one more time to look for Glaucopysche piasus, a butterfly that I have (for whatever reason) never collected from San Diego Co. It was already past 5:00 p.m. when we arrived in the targeted field of lupine, and we were not disappointed. Both males and females of this stunning butterfly were still present - many perching motionless and invisible on nearby Eriogonum. Also present here at 5:00 p.m. were Plebejus icarioides. The butterfly season in San Diego County has been cold and mostly unproductive. But once again, visitor (and residents) should always consider driving east before hanging up the net and heading for the shopping mall. Though our wet winter did not seem to strengthen the flights of this years spring butterflies, I'm still hoping the early summer bugs might have a strong showing. We shall see. Mark Walker "Blasting, billowing, bursting forth With the power of ten billion butterfly sneezes" Graeme Edge "If you go down to Willow Farm, to look for butterflies, flutterbyes, gutterflies Open your eyes, it's full of surprise, everyone lies, like the fox on the rocks, and the musical box. Oh, there's Mum & Dad, and good and bad, and everyone's happy to be here." Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford "If I can't sell it, I'll sit on it" Ruth Brown "Trust in the Lord with all your heart And lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him And He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Eastern Mojave Desert From: Wanda Dameron <wanda.dameron AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:29:35 -0700 Fresh 'Desert' Black Swallowtails plus Becker's Whites were plentiful Thursday and Friday outside Cima 20 miles or so near Middle Hills Campground --before Hole-in-the-Wall and other areas that had no idea where we were. The eastern desert is a mass of bloom like I've never seen previously, so if in the area, a great photographic opportunity. There were miles of land covered with what understand was apricot mallow plus _many_ other species. Undoubtedly other BF species but as birding didn't have time to dally. (saw Bendire's Thrasher, Gilded Flicker, Lucy's Warbler & Hepatic Tanager & misc. others) Wanda Dameron West Hills- San Fernando Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Siskiyou Co. Spot From: "Nancy Hansen" <kenplum AT humboldt1.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 14:19:34 -0700 To the group Went to Crawford Creek, vic. Cecilville, CA. , Siskiyou Co. on May 7th. Western access off of Hwy. 96 is not advisable for everyone. In places the road along cliffs is so narrow that one more coat of paint on your vehicle could cause problems. A nearby permanent resident said that Winter conditions were worse every year for the past three years. My goal was Phyciodes orseis. They were just emerging. Cirsium Cymosum, the larvae food plant is abundant in nearby steep areas. Also seen, P. eurymedon , few Euphydryas editha, somewhat worn, noticed females laying eggs on a Collinsia Sp along the road. P. Marginalis Microstriata, few A. Sara few , Celastrina Echo No Indra as yet. They occur here. Ken Hansen McKinleyville, CA. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Becker's White video From: "jcmdi2005" <butterflies AT jcmdi.com> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:50:41 -0000 For those interested, I've finished another video from a recent outing - "Searching for Becker's White Butterflies near Palmdale CA". The video shows the terrain and adults nectaring - I even managed to video a freshly emerged female (empty chrysalis nearby) mating on a host plant stem! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-X-TBMeS58 Also included are scenes of the larvae, eggs and the host plants. Thanks to Brian Banker for tip! :-) The rearing project is now well under way back home, web pages to follow... -Chris HTTP://lepidoptera.jcmdi.com Subject: RE: 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors From: "Mark Walker" <xvermontrz AT cox.net> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:43:47 -0700 Actually, I think this is quite significant (not exactly the result I would have predicted). I've collected many individuals of Loki - green, purple, and brown. I thought the greenies were the result of moisture, but perhaps not, huh? When fresh, even the first brood can produce lots of green individuals. And I've found the breakdown to be pretty evenly distributed in every population from Baja North to Riverside County. Pretty little things, that's for sure. Mark. ________________________________ From: SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SHIRAIWA KOJIRO Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:05 PM To: SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.com; DesertLeps AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [SoWestLep] 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors Hi everyone, Following up on Fred's question, I reared two Juniper Hairstreaks and separated them when they turned into pupae. One was put in a container with wet tissue and other one with dry tissue. Result; Wet tissue (humid) = purple Dry tissue (dry) = green Only two data, so no significance. For your information anyway. Anybody tried the same thing? Koji On 2007/04/05, at 19:23, Fred Heath wrote: > Can anyone tell me what causes the two color phases of the 'Loki' > Juniper > Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus loki)? Through most of my experience at > Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the fresh butterflies have a beautiful > lavender (with some blue) hindwing. It occurred to me that all of the > individuals I saw this year (maybe 30 or so) from a three different > areas of > the park had mostly green scaling over the brown ground color. I > looked at > the photos I had taken this year and one individual at Anza-Borrego > last > year and they are much the same. The photos I have access to: Munroe's > Anza-Borrego Butterflies, my southern California book, Glassburg's > the West, > Kaufmann/Brock all show lavender individuals (maybe because they > are more > showy). I don't know if there is a correlation, but both this year > and last, > the years of the green loki, were extremely dry. Anybody have any > ideas? > > ----Thanks, Fred [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors From: Pete Spino <petespino8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:40:55 -0700 (PDT) Hi all... Although we haven't seen a Loki in ABDSP since the end of March, those individuals observed then were in fact greener than ones we observed in years previously. The spring brood IS more purplish and blue than the 2nd brood. I loved that in them for the same reason as I do in the Thorne's, which 1st brood this spring had that purple. This years Loki's all were at first mistaken to be Perplexings until I had a closer look. The 2nd brood of Thorne's should be emerging soon and they are greener instead of purpler. But their pupae are exposed the marine layer on the mountain which may proves Koji's experiment with wet tissue to be fruitful. It has been so dry the last several years that maybe the Loki's pupae are greener as a result. I don't know about Fred, but I felt a little shortchanged by this Spring's Loki observations. The year I finally have a camera, they decide to try an masquerade as Perplexings! This is all very interesting. I wonder if the Muir's Hairstreak broods go through these seasonal color variations, as per wet and dry seasons, as well. Pete Spino San Diego petespino8 AT yahoo.com --- SHIRAIWA KOJIRO wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Following up on Fred's question, I reared two > Juniper Hairstreaks and > separated them when they turned into pupae. > One was put in a container with wet tissue and other > one with dry > tissue. Result; > > Wet tissue (humid) = purple > Dry tissue (dry) = green > > Only two data, so no significance. For your > information anyway. > Anybody tried the same thing? > > Koji > > On 2007/04/05, at 19:23, Fred Heath wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me what causes the two color > phases of the 'Loki' > > Juniper > > Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus loki)? Through most > of my experience at > > Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the fresh > butterflies have a beautiful > > lavender (with some blue) hindwing. It occurred to > me that all of the > > individuals I saw this year (maybe 30 or so) from > a three different > > areas of > > the park had mostly green scaling over the brown > ground color. I > > looked at > > the photos I had taken this year and one > individual at Anza-Borrego > > last > > year and they are much the same. The photos I have > access to: Munroe's > > Anza-Borrego Butterflies, my southern California > book, Glassburg's > > the West, > > Kaufmann/Brock all show lavender individuals > (maybe because they > > are more > > showy). I don't know if there is a correlation, > but both this year > > and last, > > the years of the green loki, were extremely dry. > Anybody have any > > ideas? > > > > ----Thanks, Fred > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: 'Loki' Juniper Hairstreak colors From: SHIRAIWA KOJIRO <whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:05:28 -0700 Hi everyone, Following up on Fred's question, I reared two Juniper Hairstreaks and separated them when they turned into pupae. One was put in a container with wet tissue and other one with dry tissue. Result; Wet tissue (humid) = purple Dry tissue (dry) = green Only two data, so no significance. For your information anyway. Anybody tried the same thing? Koji On 2007/04/05, at 19:23, Fred Heath wrote: > Can anyone tell me what causes the two color phases of the 'Loki' > Juniper > Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus loki)? Through most of my experience at > Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the fresh butterflies have a beautiful > lavender (with some blue) hindwing. It occurred to me that all of the > individuals I saw this year (maybe 30 or so) from a three different > areas of > the park had mostly green scaling over the brown ground color. I > looked at > the photos I had taken this year and one individual at Anza-Borrego > last > year and they are much the same. The photos I have access to: Munroe's > Anza-Borrego Butterflies, my southern California book, Glassburg's > the West, > Kaufmann/Brock all show lavender individuals (maybe because they > are more > showy). I don't know if there is a correlation, but both this year > and last, > the years of the green loki, were extremely dry. Anybody have any > ideas? > > ----Thanks, Fred Subject: Re: Gabb's Checkerspot From: Pete Spino <petespino8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 12:26:23 -0700 (PDT) Hi Matt... No problem. You're right, Mission Trails is a great place. One of many that our beautiful county has to offer us. You are fortunate to be here this year, because of drought, the last couple of years have sucked. Very little rain and severe fire season. Fortunately we received measurable amounts of rainfall over the winter, and this season compares favorably to 2005. Still, we are in a constant pattern of drought and fire that sees little letup in the forseeable future. All those hills that are turning gold because the grasses are going to seed is happening earlier and earlier unfortunately because faster growing non-native species are taking root. It really shouldn't look June or July this soon! We'll be alright though, there are plenty of winged jewels out there most of the world doesn't notice or would care not to. I am learning so much each time I'm out Matt. In addition, we are fortunate to have an incredible resource of knowledge and experience in our area with the likes of Ken, Koji and Mark, and many more like them, at our fingertips on the list serves. I'm really into learning about subspecies right now, especially the ones flying in SoCal. JP Pelham's unbelievable Catalogue is proving to be a informative source in learning how many of them are out there. Someone once said that finding Leps and identifying them becomes easier the more you get out in the field and get into the bookshelf. And in my case, spelling them will apparently remain an additional challenge! Pete Spino ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: RE: [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? From: "Mark Walker" <xvermontrz AT cox.net> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 08:56:30 -0700 Yep, I agree with Ken. Gabbs. Now, you start looking at the ones up near Ken - like say south of Lake Isabella - and they really get difficult. And the Chlosyne from Kennedy Meadows almost look like multiple species! Beautiful, though. I never get tired of this genus. Mark. ________________________________ From: DesertLeps AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:DesertLeps AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Davenport Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:46 PM To: Southwest leps; DesertLeps Subject: Fw: [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? Matt This one would be difficult but for the locality data. The only Acastus Checkerspot subspecies in San Diego County is neumoegeni which has an obsolecent pattern. Yours must be Gabb's Checkerspot (Chlosyne gabbii gabbii). Ken Davenport Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:09 PM Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? I initially believed it to be gabbii, but have been going back and forth a bit. This lep was encountered Saturday, 3 May, on the Oak Canyon trail of the Mission Trails regional park between El Cajon and Santee, CA; in the western foothills of San Diego County. Are there known hybrids of the two spp? Thanks for any help. hope the links work: http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5793.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5792.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5791.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5759.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5756.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5747.jpg cheers, Matt York first lep season in San Diego area [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Gabbs Checkerspot From: Pete Spino <petespino8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 23:20:46 -0700 (PDT) Koji... thanks Of course it is,I don't know why or how I typed that! I'm exhausted, disoriented, and need sleep I guess. I couldn't even spell Gabb's correctly! Until tomorrow, I'll be counting bugs. ZZZZzzzzz Pete --- SHIRAIWA KOJIRO wrote: > Pete, > Matt, > > Actually, Neumoegen's Checkerspot is a subspecies of > Chlosyne > acastus, not gabbii. So Chlosyne acastus neumoegeni > is the correct > combination. > > I do not think Neumoegen's Checkerspots are in > western San Diego > County (west of Laguna Mountains), and Matt's photo > looks like > typical Gabb's. > > Here are photos of Neumoegen's: > > http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/wallpaper/wall-paper.htm > > First two photos are the Neumoegen's. (Note the > correct name should > be C. acastus neumoegeni, not C. neumoegeni) > > Koji > > On 2008/05/03, at 21:10, Pete Spino wrote: > > > Hi Matt... > > Welcome to San Diego. If anyone hasn't already > > responded off list, your bug is a nice fresh > > Gabbs Checkerspot, C.gabbii. They are starting > > to emerge at Mission Trails RP. > > > > Our Sagebrush Checkerspot subspecies flying > > in San Diego County is Chlosyne gabbii neomoegeni. > > or 'Neomoegen's' Sagebrush Checkerspot which > > tends to be found in our arid mountain/desert/ > > desert transition habitats. > > > > I don't think there are hybrids of the two. > > > > Look at the hindwing near the median band for the > > white diamond in the orange. C. gabbii tend to > have > > it. > > Yours has it. > > > > Nice photos by the way. > > > > Pete Spino > > San Diego > > petespino8 AT yahoo.com > > > > --- Matthew York wrote: > > > > > I initially believed it to be gabbii, but have > been > > > going back and > > > forth a bit. > > > > > > This lep was encountered Saturday, 3 May, on the > Oak > > > Canyon trail of > > > the Mission Trails regional park between El > Cajon > > > and Santee, CA; in > > > the western foothills of San Diego County. > > > > > > Are there known hybrids of the two spp? > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > hope the links work: > > > > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5793.jpg > > > > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5792.jpg > > > > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5791.jpg > > > > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5759.jpg > > > > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5756.jpg > > > > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5747.jpg > > > > > > cheers, > > > Matt York > > > first lep season in San Diego area > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http:// > > > mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Çò´ä¹¯ÆóϺ > KOJIRO SHIRAIWA > whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp > http://www.pteron-world.com > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Re: Gabbs Checkerspot From: SHIRAIWA KOJIRO <whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 22:38:00 -0700 Pete, Matt, Actually, Neumoegen's Checkerspot is a subspecies of Chlosyne acastus, not gabbii. So Chlosyne acastus neumoegeni is the correct combination. I do not think Neumoegen's Checkerspots are in western San Diego County (west of Laguna Mountains), and Matt's photo looks like typical Gabb's. Here are photos of Neumoegen's: http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/wallpaper/wall-paper.htm First two photos are the Neumoegen's. (Note the correct name should be C. acastus neumoegeni, not C. neumoegeni) Koji On 2008/05/03, at 21:10, Pete Spino wrote: > Hi Matt... > Welcome to San Diego. If anyone hasn't already > responded off list, your bug is a nice fresh > Gabbs Checkerspot, C.gabbii. They are starting > to emerge at Mission Trails RP. > > Our Sagebrush Checkerspot subspecies flying > in San Diego County is Chlosyne gabbii neomoegeni. > or 'Neomoegen's' Sagebrush Checkerspot which > tends to be found in our arid mountain/desert/ > desert transition habitats. > > I don't think there are hybrids of the two. > > Look at the hindwing near the median band for the > white diamond in the orange. C. gabbii tend to have > it. > Yours has it. > > Nice photos by the way. > > Pete Spino > San Diego > petespino8 AT yahoo.com > > --- Matthew York wrote: > > > I initially believed it to be gabbii, but have been > > going back and > > forth a bit. > > > > This lep was encountered Saturday, 3 May, on the Oak > > Canyon trail of > > the Mission Trails regional park between El Cajon > > and Santee, CA; in > > the western foothills of San Diego County. > > > > Are there known hybrids of the two spp? > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > hope the links work: > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5793.jpg > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5792.jpg > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5791.jpg > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5759.jpg > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5756.jpg > > > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5747.jpg > > > > cheers, > > Matt York > > first lep season in San Diego area > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http:// > mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ $BGr4d9/FsO:(B KOJIRO SHIRAIWA whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp http://www.pteron-world.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Subject: Gabbs Checkerspot From: Pete Spino <petespino8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 21:10:46 -0700 (PDT) Hi Matt... Welcome to San Diego. If anyone hasn't already responded off list, your bug is a nice fresh Gabbs Checkerspot, C.gabbii. They are starting to emerge at Mission Trails RP. Our Sagebrush Checkerspot subspecies flying in San Diego County is Chlosyne gabbii neomoegeni. or 'Neomoegen's' Sagebrush Checkerspot which tends to be found in our arid mountain/desert/ desert transition habitats. I don't think there are hybrids of the two. Look at the hindwing near the median band for the white diamond in the orange. C. gabbii tend to have it. Yours has it. Nice photos by the way. Pete Spino San Diego petespino8 AT yahoo.com --- Matthew York wrote: > I initially believed it to be gabbii, but have been > going back and > forth a bit. > > This lep was encountered Saturday, 3 May, on the Oak > Canyon trail of > the Mission Trails regional park between El Cajon > and Santee, CA; in > the western foothills of San Diego County. > > Are there known hybrids of the two spp? > > Thanks for any help. > > hope the links work: > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5793.jpg > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5792.jpg > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5791.jpg > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5759.jpg > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5756.jpg > http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5747.jpg > > cheers, > Matt York > first lep season in San Diego area > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Desert slopes-Tehachapi Mtns. From: "Kenneth Davenport" <flutterflies93306 AT att.net> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 20:57:57 -0700 Tehachapi Mtns.-desert slopes off Willow Springs Rd. May 3, 2008. Species seen or collected. Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Becker's White (Pontia beckerii) Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara sara) second brood! Mojave Blue (Euphilotes mojave). Females only. Dotted Blue (Euphilotes enoptes) or Bernardino Blue (Euphilotes bernardino)??? Very small and dwarfed, unusual pattern in several individuals. Could be bernardino but heavy black borders and no orange aurora on HW above and not on E. fasciculatum. Using another buckwheat species. Males only, all fresh. Behr's Metalmark (Apodemia virgulti, phenotype similar to mojavelimbus). Several fresh individuals. Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Best Wishes, Ken Davenport flutterflies93306 AT att.net or kdavenport AT tils-ttr.org For more information: http://www.tils-ttr.org TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" © 1999 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fw: [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? From: "Kenneth Davenport" <flutterflies93306 AT att.net> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 20:46:29 -0700 Matt This one would be difficult but for the locality data. The only Acastus Checkerspot subspecies in San Diego County is neumoegeni which has an obsolecent pattern. Yours must be Gabb's Checkerspot (Chlosyne gabbii gabbii). Ken Davenport Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 5:09 PM Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [DesertLeps] Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? I initially believed it to be gabbii, but have been going back and forth a bit. This lep was encountered Saturday, 3 May, on the Oak Canyon trail of the Mission Trails regional park between El Cajon and Santee, CA; in the western foothills of San Diego County. Are there known hybrids of the two spp? Thanks for any help. hope the links work: http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5793.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5792.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5791.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5759.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5756.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5747.jpg cheers, Matt York first lep season in San Diego area [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Chlosyne acastus or C. gabbii? From: "Matthew York" <mwy391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 00:07:50 -0000 I initially believed it to be gabbii, but have been going back and forth a bit. This lep was encountered Saturday, 3 May, on the Oak Canyon trail of the Mission Trails regional park between El Cajon and Santee, CA; in the western foothills of San Diego County. Are there known hybrids of the two spp? Thanks for any help. hope the links work: http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5793.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5792.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/RSCN5791.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5759.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5756.jpg http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii256/mwy391/DSCN5747.jpg cheers, Matt York first lep season in San Diego area Subject: Butterfly walk at BTA manana From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 14:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Just a reminder that Jim Brock will be leading our butterfly walk at Boyce Thompson Arboretum tomorrow 9:30AM. Dave Powell's walk last weekend found the following: Pipevine Swallowtail 5 Giant Swallowtail 2 Checkered White 10 Sleepy Orange 8 Orange Sulphur 3 Cloudless Sulphur 2 Southern Dogface 5 Dainty Sulphur 15 Reakirt's Blue 1 Marine Blue 3 Spring Azure 20 Western Pygmy Blue 2 Mormon Metalmark 1 American Snout 20 Tiny Checkerspot 3 Elada Checkerspot 6 Variable Checkerspot 2 California Patch 1 Texan Crescent 3 Red Admiral 1 Empress Leilia 10 Common Buckeye 6 Queen 4 Arizona Powered Skipper 1 Orange Skipperling 4 Today also saw a Monarch in the Demonstration Garden. chris "Who knew simply being content was the dream come true!" - John Reuben Chris Kline Education Director Boyce Thompson Arboretum 37615 U.S. Highway 60 Superior, Arizona 85273 (520) 689-2723 work schedule: T-Sa 7am - 4pm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: RE: [DesertLeps] WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM From: Todd Stout <todd_stout29 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 19:16:41 -0600 Andy, Jon, Mike, Kim, and rest: This is HUGE and will continue to grow exponentially with everyone's help. Congratulations and keep up the herculean effort!! The more everyone dives into this both on a research and a contribution level, the more the resource will add value and be indispensable. THANK YOU!! Todd Todd L. Stout Utah Lepidopterists' Society http://www.utahlepsociety.org/toddstout.html todd_stout29 AT hotmail.com 801-558-6302 TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" 1999 To: desertleps AT yahoogroups.com; sowestlep AT yahoogroups.com; tils-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com; tx-butterfly AT listserv.uh.edu; norwestleps AT yahoogroups.comFrom: hesperioidea AT yahoo.comDate: Fri, 2 May 2008 17:19:39 -0700Subject: [DesertLeps] WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM Everyone,On behalf of the authors and advisors of“butterfliesofamerica” (see below), it is a greathonor and pleasure for me to present:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/http://butterfliesofamerica.com/intro.htmOur aim is to develop a comprehensive online resourcedevoted to American butterflies, that will includeinformation on the geographic distribution, geographicvariation, taxonomy, systematics, identification,ecology (including larval foodplants and immaturebiology) and bibliography for all butterfly taxa inthe region, including all species, subspecies andundescribed geographic segregates. Please see the Interactive Listing of AmericanButterflies:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htmAt this time, the Interactive Listing of AmericanButterflies includes about 2938 species and just over5000 subspecies (and undescribed segregates) ofbutterflies, occurring from Alaska and arctic Canadathrough Panama, Hawaii, and on the Caribbean Islands(excluding Trinidad, Tobago, and islands off theVenezuelan coast). Within a few months,distributional information will be completed for alltaxa (currently lacking for some, mostly Nearcticbutterflies), and many more images will be added.The authors of Butterflies of America are:Andrew Warren, Kim Davis, Jon Pelham and MikeStangeland:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/authors.htmOur Board of Advisors includes:Jim Brock, Kenn Kaufman, Bob Pyle:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors_general.htmGeorge Austin, Andrew Brower, Nick Grishin, PaulOpler:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors-scientific.htmCharles Bordelon, Bill Bouton, Jan Dauphin, KimGarwood, Ed Knudson, Jeff Pippen, David Robacker andTodd Stout:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors_content.htmAs of today (2 May 2008), we have posted over 15,000images of butterfly adults, immatures, larvalfoodplants and habitats to the site, all donated byabout 90 generous and talented photographers. Foreach butterfly taxon in the area covered, we aim toeventually include images of pinned and live adults,immature stages, larval foodplants and habitats, aswell as complete synonymies (taken from Pelham 2008for taxa occurring in the USA and Canada), andspecific bibliographies.Here are a few examples of “complete” presentations,which we hope to prove for all 5000+ taxa over thenext few years:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/brephidium_e_exilis.htmhttp://butterfliesofamerica.com/asterocampa_celtis_antonia.htmhttp://butterfliesofamerica.com/asterocampa_clyton_louisa.htmhttp://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_j_janais.htmhttp://butterfliesofamerica.com/anthanassa_tulcis.htmThis is a long-term project that depends largely onusers for feedback and growth; we are always seekingto add images to our photo collections, even for taxaalready well documented. If you have excellent photosof pinned or live adults, immature stages of anyspecies, or larval foodplants and habitats, weencourage you to submit them! All contributions aregreatly appreciated! See the following page for moreinformation on contributing images:http://butterfliesofamerica.com/photo_contributions.htmThe authors and advisors of Butterfliesofamerica.comhope that you will find our site useful, and that youwill contribute what you can to make this acomprehensive resource on the butterflies of America,a site that will benefit everyone, and hopefully, thebutterflies!Thank you and enjoy!Best wishes,Andy www.butterfliesofamerica.comAndrew D. Warren, PhD215 McGuire HallMcGuire Center for Lepidoptera and BiodiversityFlorida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of FloridaSW 34th Street and Hull RoadP. O. Box 112710Gainesville, FL 32611-2710Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera”Departamento de Biología EvolutivaFacultad de CienciasUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoApdo. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: WELCOME TO BUTTERFLIESOFAMERICA.COM From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 17:19:39 -0700 (PDT) Everyone, On behalf of the authors and advisors of “butterfliesofamerica” (see below), it is a great honor and pleasure for me to present: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ http://butterfliesofamerica.com/intro.htm Our aim is to develop a comprehensive online resource devoted to American butterflies, that will include information on the geographic distribution, geographic variation, taxonomy, systematics, identification, ecology (including larval foodplants and immature biology) and bibliography for all butterfly taxa in the region, including all species, subspecies and undescribed geographic segregates. Please see the Interactive Listing of American Butterflies: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm At this time, the Interactive Listing of American Butterflies includes about 2938 species and just over 5000 subspecies (and undescribed segregates) of butterflies, occurring from Alaska and arctic Canada through Panama, Hawaii, and on the Caribbean Islands (excluding Trinidad, Tobago, and islands off the Venezuelan coast). Within a few months, distributional information will be completed for all taxa (currently lacking for some, mostly Nearctic butterflies), and many more images will be added. The authors of Butterflies of America are: Andrew Warren, Kim Davis, Jon Pelham and Mike Stangeland: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/authors.htm Our Board of Advisors includes: Jim Brock, Kenn Kaufman, Bob Pyle: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors_general.htm George Austin, Andrew Brower, Nick Grishin, Paul Opler: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors-scientific.htm Charles Bordelon, Bill Bouton, Jan Dauphin, Kim Garwood, Ed Knudson, Jeff Pippen, David Robacker and Todd Stout: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/advisors_content.htm As of today (2 May 2008), we have posted over 15,000 images of butterfly adults, immatures, larval foodplants and habitats to the site, all donated by about 90 generous and talented photographers. For each butterfly taxon in the area covered, we aim to eventually include images of pinned and live adults, immature stages, larval foodplants and habitats, as well as complete synonymies (taken from Pelham 2008 for taxa occurring in the USA and Canada), and specific bibliographies. Here are a few examples of “complete” presentations, which we hope to prove for all 5000+ taxa over the next few years: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/brephidium_e_exilis.htm http://butterfliesofamerica.com/asterocampa_celtis_antonia.htm http://butterfliesofamerica.com/asterocampa_clyton_louisa.htm http://butterfliesofamerica.com/chlosyne_j_janais.htm http://butterfliesofamerica.com/anthanassa_tulcis.htm This is a long-term project that depends largely on users for feedback and growth; we are always seeking to add images to our photo collections, even for taxa already well documented. If you have excellent photos of pinned or live adults, immature stages of any species, or larval foodplants and habitats, we encourage you to submit them! All contributions are greatly appreciated! See the following page for more information on contributing images: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/photo_contributions.htm The authors and advisors of Butterfliesofamerica.com hope that you will find our site useful, and that you will contribute what you can to make this a comprehensive resource on the butterflies of America, a site that will benefit everyone, and hopefully, the butterflies! Thank you and enjoy! Best wishes, Andy www.butterfliesofamerica.com Andrew D. Warren, PhD 215 McGuire Hall McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida SW 34th Street and Hull Road P. O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 Museo de Zoología “Alfonso L. Herrera” Departamento de Biología Evolutiva Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Apdo. Postal 70-399 México, DF 04510 México ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Sunday, May 4th Butterfly Walk SE Arizona From: "CJ Vincent" <cj AT wowaz.com> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 12:11:49 -0000 Hi, We're doing another walk on Sunday at our place. Last week, on our 'inaugural official walk' we counted 23 species and over 300 individuals. We have put together a checklist of the most common spring species for counting expediency. There are more plants in bloom including several large areas of milkweed (3 varieties). We hope to achieve a higher count, this week. Pathways are clearly cut through the grounds. We follow these in the count as well as 'beating the bushes, however, we have a lot of snakes that have returned, so anyone attending is asked to use caution to avoid disturbing our venomous critters or causing any injury to themselves. We worked out our BPM (butterflies per minute) for last week and, just from a casual observation while outside this week, it seems numbers have risen Dr Al Zimmerman will be catching up on curating of spring annuals, so will not be in attendance this week. Any local experts would be welcome (any local novices would be welcome, too!!!) Afterwards, relax, look at the gardens, have a cold beverage… Call or email for directions, please! 520.825.4590 520.907.8735 cj AT wowarizona.com Location: 5494 East Edwin Road Tucson, AZ 32°30'29.42"N 110°52'35.23"W 3150 Feet elevation 2.87 acre census area/habitat Subject: scientific name From: Jim Howell <arctic_char36 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 08:51:29 -0700 (PDT) I'm just a hobbyist and don't know my scientific names very well. Would it be possible to include the common name when we are talking about butterflies? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Re: [leps-talk] Dead Links fixed From: "Kenneth Davenport" <flutterflies93306 AT att.net> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:29:24 -0700 Todd and Mark and others: Some name changes for eastern Mohave or Mojave Desert butterflies in the Pelham catalogue: Papilio indra parvindra Emmel, Emmel & Griffin formerly pygmaeus. The name pygmaeus had already been used by another entity in Papilio.The authors provided the replacement name. Megathymus yuccae maudae is considered a synonym of martini. Having a very small total of two maudae in my collection...no opinions from me. Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon recognized maudae as a valid ssp. in their 1998 state checklist. Ditto for kingstonensis below. Euphydryas chalcedona kingstonensis considered a synonym of klotsi. Based on my collections and examinations of museum collections and series...I accept kingstonensis as a valid subspecies different than klotsi thought they blend in western Mohave County, AZ. However, blending of subspecies over geographical ranges is something one would expect. Best Wishes, Ken Davenport flutterflies93306 AT att.net or kdavenport AT tils-ttr.org For more information: http://www.tils-ttr.org TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" © 1999 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Second stop at Hualapais, AZ. From: "Kenneth Davenport" <flutterflies93306 AT att.net> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:51:20 -0700 Everyone: Conditions had improved between April 16th and the 28th and butterflies were very interesting. Streaky Skipper (Celotes nessus): Having a good flight. Arizona Powdered Skipper (Systasea zampa): Having a spring flight, collected three individuals. Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca) Just emerging Meridian Duskywing (Erynnis meridianus): Uncommon Rocky Mountain Duskywing (Erynnis telemachus): Several in this Mohave Desert Mountain Range! Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) Common. Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis complex), probably albescens. Northern White Skipper (Heliop[etes ericetorum) Saltbush Sootywing (Hesperopsis alpheus) One seen near Atriplex canescens. Giant Yucca Skipper (Megathymus yuccae navajo): I saw none flying but took one sleeping at 3:30 PM on a dead plant stalk along a creek. Desert Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes coloro): Not previously observed by me in this mountain range. Saw three individuals, all the yellow form. Most seen off D-W Ranch Rd. Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes). Seen (one), but not captured. Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio m. multicaudata): Very common and not particularly wary. I finished off my series of this last year so saw these as a butterfly watcher only. Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia): Saw only one. Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus corcorani): One nice male. Thicket Hairstreak (Callophrys spinetorum) Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys siva siva): Several off D-W Ranch Road. Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola alce) Martin's Bernardino Blue (E. bernardino martini). Common, better known from Oatman, the TL. I had only four-six individuals in my collection taken near Oatman. While I had taken a dozen there a half dozen years ago, most were lost when my glassine envelopes somehow fell out of my shirt pocket. I took enough on this day to finish my series and provide the Colorado State Museum with some examples. Klot's Chalcedon Checkerspot (E. chalcedona klotsi) Common in rocky stream benches along creek lower down. California Patch (Chlosyne californica): Very common in canyons and off D-W Ranch Rd. Fulvia Checkerspot (Chlosyne fulvia): One seen off D-W Ranch Rd. Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia): One fresh individual. Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) American Painted Lady (Vanessa annabella) Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Dark Buckeye (Junonia nigrosuffusa) One seen and collected. No Arizona Red-Spotted Purples or Arizona Sisters were yet observed but should appear at any time in this range. One added record for Albuquerque, New Mexico by the Tramway in desert habitat among the beargrass. Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta). No Sandia Hairstreaks seen in limited time I was there April 27th. Conditions appeared very dry. Ken Davenport Best Wishes, Ken Davenport flutterflies93306 AT att.net or kdavenport AT tils-ttr.org For more information: http://www.tils-ttr.org TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" © 1999 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Hualapai Mtns., AZ From: "Kenneth Davenport" <flutterflies93306 AT att.net> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:03:21 -0700 Everyone: Because of the unending rains in Arkansas and a family emergency which required me to end my vacation early, I have returned to Bakersfield. My promised trip to the Hualapai's was a two parter with the first visit on April 16th. The season was delayed but some finds were very interesting on that day. Species seen and often collected: Streaky Skipper (Celotes nessus) several found at lower elevations. Northern White Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum) just appearing Meridian Duskywing (Erynnis meridianus) Only one found despite apparent favorable conditions. Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio m. multicaudata) A few out Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Martin's Bernardino Blue (Euphilotes bernardino martini). This was a new addition to the Hualapai's so far as I know. I think Alex Grkovich mentioned finding a member of an unidentified Euphilotes on his recent visit there. Suspecting that it might be martini, I was able to find the host Eriogonum fasciculatum at lower levels than I usually visit there and found a very few adults, apparently just emerging. My visit there again on April 28th found martini in good numbers! Thanks Alex! That was a blue I badly needed more for my collection! California Patch (Chlosyne californica) Having a small emergence, but out in big numbers on April 28th. Klot's Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona klotsi): Previously scarce in the Hualapai's but frequent on both the 16th and 28th. While some may sink subspecies kingstonensis as a synonym of klotsi, I will not be one of them. I have a series of kingstonensis from the Providences and they look a lot different from klotsi from central AZ. or even my series of 20 or so from the Hualapai's. A shocker was that worn klotsi appeared worn and ending its flight on the 16th. Obviously they continued to emerge over the 12 day gap in visits. Very few of those are in good A or B condition. Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) Separate report for the 28th up next. Best Wishes, Ken Davenport flutterflies93306 AT att.net or kdavenport AT tils-ttr.org For more information: http://www.tils-ttr.org TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" © 1999 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: season From: "Nancy Hansen" <kenplum AT humboldt1.com> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:33:04 -0700 To all Northwestern California experienced an all time record cold April. Aristolochia Californica in the vicinity of Redding , California froze back in some areas , but is greening up again. Short warm spells are replaced by cold wet weather. Two outings that I have made to Southeastern Humboldt Co. have been non productive. Also there is a heavy snow pack in Northwestern California mountains. Northeastern California seems to be dry. Ken Hansen Humboldt Co. California [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Request for native white butterflies From: Debra Piot <debrapiot AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Hi Lepsters,   Here is a request for native white butterflies from Francie Chew at Tufts University. As you may know, Francie was a student of the late and very missed Charles Remington at Yale.     Great thanks for all your help.     Debra Piot Neice-in-law of Charles L. Remington Human Ecology & Environmental Studies Santa Barbara CA  On Sun, 4/27/08, Frances Chew wrote: From: Frances Chew Subject: white butterflies To: "Debra Piot" Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 4:32 PM   Dear Debra,   This request for native white butterflies is part of a project with Ward Watt at Stanford University to work up a DNA-based molecular phylogeny of the Pieridae. I'm particularly interested in Pieris napi subspecies or butterflies that may be closely related to this group and that carry subspecies names including venosa, microstriata, marginalis.     How to preserve: We would very much like to have wings separately from the bodies, so the wing patterns can be examined as well. What I often do is to freeze the individuals for a few days, then separate the wings from the bodies, and put the bodies in a small vial of 95% ethanol ( or ethyl alcohol, also known as grain alcohol; it's not rubbing alcohol, which is isopropyl alcohol).   In small quantities, this can be sent via ground mail. I can also send a few leakproof vials to anyone who wants to try to send us material. We don't need a lot of material; even one specimen with good locality data will be helpful.   Thank you!   Francie   Francie Chew Dept. of Biology Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Subject: Jon Pelham Arrives! From: Todd Stout <todd_stout29 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:19:13 -0600 Hi everyone, My Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada arrived today. Massive CONGRATULATIONS to my friend Jon Pelham for this herculean effort and accomplishment! Wow. I'm just starting to dive in now. I should get a good feel for its contents by 2037. Way to go JON! Great work!! Todd Todd L. Stout Utah Lepidopterists' Society http://www.utahlepsociety.org/toddstout.html todd_stout29 AT hotmail.com 801-558-6302 TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" 1999 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Santa Barbara Canyon, Santa Barbara Co, CA From: "Lethaby, Nick" <nlethaby AT ti.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:12:05 -0500 All: On Sunday, April 27, I visited Santa Barbara Canyon in Cuyama Valley area of eastern Santa Barbara Canyon. I was hoping to see a number of interested species there such as Arrowhead Blue and Sleepy Duskywing that Ken Davenport and others have regularly seen in the past. In contrast to previous spring visits here and nearby, I finally had warm weather and expectations were high. Results were very disappointing. In fact this might be my worse dedicated butterfly trip ever considering the conditions! I'd be interested to know if this year is very late or very early or just plain bad from others in this general area of California. I spend some time checking lupines and scrambling up on to a high ridge top to check scrub oaks but there were no signs of Arrowhead Blues or Sleepy Duskywings. I did eventually see a Juniper Hairstreak. Even this took about 15 minutes of checking junipers although this should be the peak flight season and the species is supposed to be common here. My total list was: Checkered White: 2-3 for sure and many other sightings of whites likely this species Orange Sulphur: 2-3 fly-bys only Harford's Sulphur: 2-3 fly-bys only Painted Lady: Numerous migrating Common Buckeye: 1-2 fly-bys Gabb's Checkspots: 2 presumed fly-bys Acmon Blue: 2 Western Pygmy Blue: 2 (seen in the Cuyama river flats in saltbushes) Juniper Hairstreak: 1 Brown Hairstreak: 1 Propertius Duskywing: 1 Funereal Duskywing: 1 No swallowtails, no Variable Checkerspots, no other even unidentified blues or duskywings. Nick Lethaby 805 562 5106 nlethaby AT ti.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: RE: Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona From: Todd Stout <todd_stout29 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:59:22 -0600 Hi Bruce and CJ, I was hiking through City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake County, UT on Saturday and noticed a V. c. annabella. I had to do a double take since there are so many cardui dominating the region. We haven't had a very strong influx of annabella the last couple of years. It was actually nice to see one. Todd Todd L. Stout Utah Lepidopterists' Society http://www.utahlepsociety.org/toddstout.html todd_stout29 AT hotmail.com 801-558-6302 TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" 1999 To: cj AT wowaz.comCC: SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.comFrom: jbwalsh AT u.arizona.eduDate: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:26:08 -0700Subject: Re: [SoWestLep] Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona > West Coast Painted Lady Vanessa annabella (1)*This is actually a very good record. I know this sounds odd to folks outside ofSE Arizona, but annabella is a rare bug down here. The only location Iroutinely see it is above 8000 feet in the Chirichahuas. I have yet to see anyhere in Tucson in the 22+ years I've lived here!Indeed, I can recall of only a single record on any on the dozens butterflycounts I've been on in all of the classic SE Arizona locations.Its almost as rare down here as the cabbage butterfly (yup, another very rarebug here)!cheersbruce [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:26:08 -0700 > West Coast Painted Lady Vanessa annabella (1)* This is actually a very good record. I know this sounds odd to folks outside of SE Arizona, but annabella is a rare bug down here. The only location I routinely see it is above 8000 feet in the Chirichahuas. I have yet to see any here in Tucson in the 22+ years I've lived here! Indeed, I can recall of only a single record on any on the dozens butterfly counts I've been on in all of the classic SE Arizona locations. Its almost as rare down here as the cabbage butterfly (yup, another very rare bug here)! cheers bruce Subject: Butterfly Walk- Southeast Arizona From: "CJ Vincent" <cj AT wowaz.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:38:14 -0000 Hi, Dr Al Zimmerman oversaw our inaugural butterfly walk, today. It was rather windy, with the wind a constant 10-13 mph with gusts over 18mph. Temperature was 87° F with relative humidity and dewpoint both being 4° F. All questionable species were netted and definitively identified. One exception was photographed and is, yet to be identified. Participating:CJ Vincent, MaryEllen Landen, Zach Landen and Dr. Al Zimmerman. Location: 5494 East Edwin Road Catalina Arizona, 85739 32°30'29.42"N 110°52'35.23"W 3150 Feet elevation 2.87 acre census area/habitat We observed from 11:45 AM until 1:40 PM in our first session and from 2:20 PM until 3:45 PM for our second session. Checkered White Pieris protodic 78 Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor 19 American Snout Libythaena bachmanii 17 Texan Crescent Phyciodes texana 3 Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia 2 West Coast Painted Lady Vanessa annabella (1)* Common Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 2 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia 3 Queen Danaus gilippus 31 Fatal Metalmark Calephelis nemesis 8 Marine Blue Leptotes marina 30 Reakirt's Blue Hemiargus isola 2 Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus 2 Leda Hairstreak Ministrymon leda 1 (photo) Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole 27 Southern Dogface Sulphur Colias (Zerene) cesonia 10 Mexican Sulphur Eurema mexicana 1 (photo) Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe 14 Orange/Clouded Sulphur Colias eurytheme (orange)6 Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae 3 Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiacus 2 (PM miscellaneous, not satisfactorily seen) 60 (AM miscellaneous, not satisfactorily seen) Numerous-Uncounted (+1 vagrant lycaenid photographed, ID pending) *seen after official close of census TOTAL ---- 257 subject to verification and additions from p.m. Data, + 60 recorded as unidentified, unsatisfactorily seen Subject: Re: Laguna Mtns; San Diego Co.,CA From: whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:23:04 +0900 Pete, Glad to know you got the Ginnell's Gray Marbles! You had another Wright's Checkerspot too! Sounds like this is the year to look after them! By the way, Thorne's Hairstreak's second brood should start very soon. Boy it's hot today...101 degrees...and things are drying out too quickly...we need little more rain here. Koji San Diego Subject: Laguna Mtns; San Diego Co.,CA From: "petespino8" <petespino8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:51:06 -0000 Hi all... Had a truly remarkable day in the Laguna's! Even more remarkable is my wife came along and actually drove me around to various locations like I was a big shot with connections. Because I was in some pain today, it was nice to just get out of the car and observe the butterflies and get back in and go to the next place. Unbelievable that it worked out that way. I'm lucky to have a wonderful and tolerant wife! Places visited were Buckman Springs, Kitchen Creek, Laguna Meadows, Pine Valley, and Guatay. Weather was sunny, hot, with some wind at times in higher elevations. Temps ranged from the 60's in the morning, to near 90 in the afternoon. Time was 9am-5pm. Incredible numbers and diversity but It's getting brown out there despite the hillsides being green a couple of weeks ago. Nectar sources remain good, however. 40 total species observed!: Pale Swallowtail (2, one caught in spider web!) 'Desert' Black Swallowtail Sara Orangetip (10, fresh brood w/yellow females) 'California' Pearly Marble (at least one) 'Grinnells' Gray Marble (4, female laying eggs on FP!) >>This is a new bug for me...thanks for the tip Koji!<< Cabbage White (2) Checkered White (4-5) Harford's Sulphur (5) Orange Sulphur (fresh female) Sleepy Orange Gray Hairstreak 'Desert' Hedgerow Hairstreak (one early individual) Brown Elfin (3) Perplexing Hairstreak (2, green almost faded) 'Southern' Silvery Blue (4) 'Dusky' Arrowhead Blue (3-4) Sonoran Blue (3, two males and one female) Echo Blue (5-6 males sipping mud) Acmon Blue (3) 'Clemence's' Lupine Blue (very numerous) 'Evius' Boisduval's Blue (2) Melissa Blue (near Guatay) 'Bernardino' Square-spotted Blue (3) Behr's Metalmark (one at Buckman Springs) Gabb's Checkerspot 'Wright's' Leanira Checkerspot (Buckman Springs) 'Henne's' Variable Checkerspot (one worn soul) Painted Lady (18-20, slowing down)) West Coast Lady (2) American Lady (at least one) >>Promised wife I'd stop hanging out with the ladies!<< Common Buckeye (2) Monarch (2 untagged individuals) Queen (one at Kitchen Creek) Northern Cloudywing (1-2 hilltopping) 'Lacustra' Sleepy Duskywing (5, mostly worn) Propertius Duskywing (4) Funereal Duskywing White Checkered-Skipper (2, should be good year) Juba Skipper (3-4 ) Rural Skipper (one hilltopping in chaparral, Pine Valley!) Forty species incredibly without much physical effort! I was lucky. Best one day total outside of SE Arizona. Pete Spino San Diego petespino8 AT yahoo.com Subject: Make it 24 species - Boyce Thompson Arboretum - central Arizona From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Make it 24 species. Just had a Variable Checkerspot land on my hose while watering the milkweeds! chris chris kline wrote: Hi all, Wanted to get a count in before the butterfly walk tomorrow being led by Kurt Radamaker and David Powell. Walk starts at 9:30AM. Then on Sunday May 4 Jim Brock will be leading a butterfly walk. Once again start time is 9:30AM for Jim's walk. As for today's bugs: Pipevine Swallowtail 5 Giant Swallowtail 5 Checkered White 13 Sleepy Orange 9 Cloudless Sulphur 1 Southern Dogface 3 Dainty Sulphur 8 Marine Blue 2 Spring Azure 5 Western Pygmy Blue 16 Mormon Metalmark 1 American Snout 16 Tiny Checkerspot 5 Elada Checkerspot 2 Texan Crescent 1 Empress Leilia 11 Hackbery Emperor 1 Common Buckeye 3 Queen 7 Monarch 2 Common Streaky Skipper 2 Common/White Checkered Skipper 1 Orange Skipperling 1 23 species 120 individuals All-in-all, not a bad haul for April! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "Who knew simply being content was the dream come true!" - John Reuben Chris Kline Education Director Boyce Thompson Arboretum 37615 U.S. Highway 60 Superior, Arizona 85273 (520) 689-2723 work schedule: T-Sa 7am - 4pm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: La Purisima Mission State Park, Santa Barbara Co, CA From: "Lethaby, Nick" <nlethaby AT ti.com> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:39:04 -0500 All: I visited La Purisima State Park, near Lompoc, today. I was hoping to find the local purisima subspecies of the Small Blue. I was successful in this and saw about 10 individuals. The rest of the park had quite a few butterflies, but these were all widespread species such as Pale Swallowtail, Gabb's and Variable Checkspots. However it was interesting to see these species common in the lowlands of the county. The only one I saw that was somewhat uncommon for me was a worn Purplish Copper. This was only my third in the county but I suspect it's fairly common up here. Nick Lethaby 805 562 5106 nlethaby AT ti.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Boyce Thompson Arboretum - central Arizona From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, Wanted to get a count in before the butterfly walk tomorrow being led by Kurt Radamaker and David Powell. Walk starts at 9:30AM. Then on Sunday May 4 Jim Brock will be leading a butterfly walk. Once again start time is 9:30AM for Jim's walk. As for today's bugs: Pipevine Swallowtail 5 Giant Swallowtail 5 Checkered White 13 Sleepy Orange 9 Cloudless Sulphur 1 Southern Dogface 3 Dainty Sulphur 8 Marine Blue 2 Spring Azure 5 Western Pygmy Blue 16 Mormon Metalmark 1 American Snout 16 Tiny Checkerspot 5 Elada Checkerspot 2 Texan Crescent 1 Empress Leilia 11 Hackbery Emperor 1 Common Buckeye 3 Queen 7 Monarch 2 Common Streaky Skipper 2 Common/White Checkered Skipper 1 Orange Skipperling 1 23 species 120 individuals All-in-all, not a bad haul for April! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: LepSoc 2009-ELEN III Logo design competition From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:47:23 -0700 (PDT) Everyone, In 2009, The Lepidopterists' Society will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with the Third Encuentro Lepidopterologico Neotropical (ELEN III) in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Chetumal is situated on the Yucatan Peninsula, near the border with Belize, south of Cancun. Later this year, more details on the meeting will be made available (exact dates, traval and lodging information, details on collecting opportunities, etc.); I don't recall the dates at the moment. Below I have attached an announcement on a competition for the logo design for the meeting. Best, Andy Warren ELEN III-LepSoc 2009 Logo Design Competition The organizing committee of the upcoming conjoint meeting ELEN III- LepSoc 2009 is proud to invite all the students interested in participating in the event Logo Design Competition. The requirements for the logo design are as follows: 1. The logo must be an original design. 2. You should use at most 3 colors. 3. The logo design must be simple and appropriate for printing purposes (event t-shirts, posters, pens, etc.). 4. The logo must contain the words ELEN III-LepSoc 2009. 5. The winner has to provide the original digital file and give up the copyrights to the event. Submitting your logo design: You should send the logo design in TIFF format at 300 dpi to: elenIII AT ecosur.mx The subject of the e-mail should be "Propuesta Logo ELEN III". Due date: Proposals are due May 20, 2008 Winner announcement: The winner will be announced on June 9, 2008 at the meeting website. We will also notify the winner via e-mail. Awards: First Place: - The winner will have registration fees waived. - The winner will be publicly recognized during the event. - The winner will receive a surprise gift. Second and third place: - Second and third place will receive a book package. - Second and third place will be publicly recognized during the event. Sincerely, Organizing Committee ELEN III-LepSoc 2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: San Diego Butterflies From: "gmanager999" <gmanager999 AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:26:27 -0000 Hi All: Attached is a message from Mike Chapman of Georgia posted to the Naba Chat group. Mike will traveling to San Diego before the NABA meeting in June and wants some suggestions for butterfly locations. I too would be interested as I will be flying to LA and driving to SD in late June. Regards, Jim Snyder, Honolulu, HI I am flying to LA and then driving to San Diego on June 21 before the NABA meeting and will have part of the 21st and the 22nd to look for butterflies before the pre-meeting field trip on the 23rd. I am looking for recommendations for places to explore between LA and San Diego and around San Diego. Thanks for any help. Mike Chapman Brunswick, GA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Unwelcomed at Laguna Mountains, San Diego Co. From: Ray Stanford <ray.stanford AT stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:37:58 -0700 Thank you, Koji - Kit and I are on the road from Medford, OR, to San Diego to help my Dad celebrate his 94th birthday. We found time to look for butterfly county records along the way. Today, with sun but high winds, we finally did the Upper Cottonwood Creek wildlife trail which begins along SR 152 about 2 miles east of Pacheco Pass in Merced County, one of the poorest known of any California county. There is lots of serpentine rock there, which usually indicates a diverse butterfly population. We were obviously about a week too early, but we did get two apparent Merced county records for butterflies: Anthocharis sara sara, and Glaucopsyche lygdamus near [but not quite] australis. We also found Pontia protodice [summer phenotype], Erynnis propertius, Pyrgus communis [not dissected], Colias eurytheme, Strymon melinus, Phyciodes mylitta, Vanessa cardui, Junonia coenis, but very oddly, since the habitat is mainly grassland, absolutely NO Coenympha tullia california, which was common in northern California a few days earlier. Rapidly, because we must leave early tomorrow morning to get to San Diego by 3:30 pm. We must drive to the SDO airport to pick up our kids about 6 pm. It will be good to visit my home county once again. All best wishes, Ray and Kit Stanford On Apr 13, 2008, at 12:27 PM, SHIRAIWA KOJIRO wrote: > Hi all, > > Went to Laguna Mountains yesterday and today. > Perfect sunshine, OK temperature (57-65 degrees), terrible winds. > > If the air was much calmer, I'm sure the mountains will be full of > butterflies... > > Anyway, even in the gust, I was able to see: > > > Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara, 2nd generation) > Checkered White (Pontia protodice) > Perplexing Hairstreak (Callophrys perplexa perplexa) - season ending. > Evius Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) icarioides evius) - fresh! > Smoky Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa) > Acmon Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) acmon) - worn out > Clemence's Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) lupini monticola) - looks like > it is at the peak season now > Behr's Metalmark (Apodemia virgulti virgulti) > Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) - still large number, very worn. > Funeral Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) > Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) - many of them > > Large number of moths and craneflies. This is a big year for moth of > many kinds. > > Koji > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Laguna Mountains, San Diego From: whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:47:08 +0900 Hi all, Had a short visit to Pine Valley area today. Sunny, light wind, about 65 degrees. Lacustra Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo lacustra) - worn out - 5 Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) - worn out 3 Juba Skipper (Hesperia juba) - fresh, 4-5 Pale Swallowtail (Papilio (Pterourus) eurymedon) 1 hilltopping Harford's Sulphur (Colias harfordi) 2 Pearly (California) Marble (Euchloe hyantis ssp) - 1 prob more. Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara sara) - many worn out Grinnell's Gray Marble (Anthocharis lanceolata australis) - 4-5 Cabbage White (Pieris rapae rapae) - 1 Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Perplexing Hairstreak (Callophrys perplexa perplexa) Echo Azure (Celastrina echo echo) - 2 Southern Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis) - 1 prob more Acmon Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) acmon) - 2-3 Clemence's Lupine Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) lupini monticola) - many Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) - many Gabb's Checkerspot (Chlosyne gabbii) - 1 fresh My object today was to photo Clemence's Blue. Little surprised with number of Gray Marbles. One was worn but some were fresh. It seems they are more of these guys in this area than before. Maybe the habitat is changing and becoming more suitable for them. Very hard to photo them. Unlike Sara, Gray Marbles avoid (fly away from) me. Also, I found that somebody (the forest service?) shreaded my favorite Coffeeberry tree. It attracted many hairstreaks before and Pale Swallowtail used to lay eggs. Now it is completely gone. Koji San Diego Subject: SEABA Garden Canyon Field Trip From: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:20:40 -0700 The SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association's April 18 field trip went to Garden Canyon on Ft. Huachuca. 12 participants enjoyed a warm, clear pleasant day with temperatures flirting with 80. Ceanothus and Barberry were in bloom and attracting large numbers of Arizona and Juniper Hairstreaks, and Zela Metalmarks. We also found a rather early (for the Huachucas) Arizona Skipper. 28 species were seen. Compared to a trip there Monday, when the only odonate species seen was Red Rock Skimmer - there was a nice assortment of odonates present. Species seen: Pipevine Swallowtail (B. philenor) 2. Two-tailed Swallowtail (P. multicaudatus) (3). Orange Sulphur (C. eurytheme) 4. Southern Dogface (C. cesonia) 4. Mexican Yellow (E. mexicanum) 3. Sleepy Orange (E. nicippe) 2. Juniper Hairstreak (C. gryneus siva) 18. Gray Hairstreak (S. melinus) 5. Arizona Hairstreak (E. quaderna) 50+. Marine Blue (L. marina) 2. Spring Azure (C. ladon) 2. Zela Metalmark (E. zela) 50+ Variegated Fritillary (E. claudia) 1 Theona Checkerspot (T. theona) 1 Texan Crescent (P. texana) 3. Mylitta Crescent (P. mylitta) 2. Mourning Cloak (M. antiopa) 1. American Lady (V. virginiensis) 2. Red-spotted Purple (L. arthemis) 1. Tropical Leafwing (A. aidea)1. Short-tailed Skipper (Z. dorus)6. Arizona Skipper (C. arizonensis) 1. Golden-headed Scallopwing (S. ceos) 1. Juvenal's ? Duskywing (E. juvenalis) 1. Mournful Duskywing (E. trisitis) 4. Pacuvius Duskywing (E. pacuvius) 2. Orange Skipperling (C. aurantiacus) 6. White-barred Skipper (A. pitttacus) 7. Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide" "Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites" http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/ Subject: Kelso Valley, Kern Co., CA From: SHIRAIWA KOJIRO <whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:00:14 -0700 Hi guys, This is my second year chasing after Yucca Giant Skipper and Pete & I went to Kelso Valley, Kern Co. on April 17th to take our chances there as it seems to be most promising location in California to see the skipper. The result... White Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) - Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti ssp?) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Sulphur (Colias ?) - did not stop but we both saw an yellow sulphur flying by us. Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Becker's White (Pontia beckerii) Desert Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura cethura?) Common Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus pudica) Western Pigmy Blue (Brephidium exile) Southern Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis?) Guardian Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus excubitus) - common around Lupine San Emigdio Blue (Plebejus emigdionis) Melissa (Orange Margined) Blue (Plebejus (Lycaeides) melissa paradoxa) Evius Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) icarioides evius) Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo/virgulti?) - Don't know which species/subspecies are found here Neumoegen's Checkerspot (Chlosyne (Charidryas) acastus neumoegeni) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) - numerous, but in really bad conditions. Both Pete and I saw Mojave Blue (Euphilotes enoptes mojave)-like blues separately, but we both could not get enough look to confirm it. And, Yucca Giant Skipper .... zero. On the way back, we stopped near Frazier Park and saw about 3 San Emigdio Blues, and whites (probably Becker's). After I got home, I fell asleep on a sofa and dreamed of 3 Yucca Giant Skippers fighting for their territories in Joshua Tree forest. So I was able to see them in my dream. Hope I can see the real ones close someday. Koji Subject: Mission Trails Regional Park; San Diego From: "petespino8" <petespino8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:36:24 -0000 Hi all, After a doctor's appointment this morning, I felt a little melancholy so I decided to take a walk under the big blue dome and check out what was flying at Mission Trails. It was very warm and sunny with variable high clouds and breezy at times from the west. Time 10:45-Noon. Western Tiger Swallowtail (4) Checkered White (7) Cabbage White (4) Sara Orangetip (5) Orange Sulphur Grey Hairstreak Western Pygmy-Blue Fatal Metalmark Behr's Metalmark (10) Gulf Fritillary Mourning Cloak Painted Lady (14) West Coast Lady (3) Common Buckeye (6) Lorquin's Admiral California Ringlet (2) Funereal Duskywing White Checkered-Skipper 18 species Pete Spino San Diego, CA petespino8 AT yahoo.com Subject: Re: Madera Canyon, Arizona From: JimJoanJoy AT aol.com Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:48:03 EDT Sheep Skipper it is. J Brock **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Madera Canyon, Arizona From: Philip Kline <pgkline_uk AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:43:21 -0700 (PDT) I visited Madera Canyon today (Pima and Santa Cruz counties) and saw 27 species, including what I'm pretty sure was a sheep skipper. Below is a link to a photo. If someone could confim it for me, I would appreciate it as I've never seen one before. It was a fairly large skipper (the thistle-head it's on was huge) and it flew very fast. http://blackbird.smugmug.com/gallery/2512165_JtxfK#281085438_rgngZ-A-LB Species list as follows: Pipevine swallowtail - 6 Two-tailed swallowtail - 3 Checkered white - 2 Sleepy orange - 1 Dainty sulphur - 3 Mexican yellow - 2 Gray hairstreak - 1 "Siva" juniper hairstreak - 4 Marine blue - 15+ Reakirt's blue - 1 Spring azure - 6 Zela metalmark - 1 Elada checkerspot - 20+ Tiny checkerspot - 10-15 Texan crescent - 1 Bordered patch - 2 Painted lady - 2 American snout - 1 Queen - 2 Arizona powdered-skipper - 1 Funereal duskywing - 3 Mournful duskywing - 2 Common/white checkered-skipper - 1 Common streaky-skipper- 1 Golden-headed scallopwing - 4 Orange skipperling - 5 Sheep skipper? - 1 Philip Kline ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Garden Canyon on Ft. Huachuca From: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:34:28 -0700 David and Sherry Cunningham, Priscilla Brodkin and I Scouted Garden Canyon yesterday for the Friday's SEABA Field trip. We were there from 9:30 - 1:00, light breezes, clear sky, temperature reaching into the 80's. Buckbrush and Wilcox Barberry were in bloom. There were dozens of Arizona Hairstreaks (mostly worn) and Zela Metalmarks on the buckbrush with lesser numbers of Juniper Hairstreak (very fresh). Species seen: Pipevine Swallowtail (B. philenor) 4. Two-tailed Swallowtail (P. multicaudatus) 3. Orange Sulphur (C. eurytheme) 10. Southern Dogface (C. cesonoia) 5. Sleepy Orange (E. nicippe) 5. Juniper Hairstreak (C. gryneus siva) 30. Gray Hairstreak (S. melinus) 3. Arizona Hairstreak (E. quaderna) 70. Marine Blue (L. marina) 4. Acmon Blue (P. acmon) 1. Zela Metalmark (E. zela) 60. Fulvia Checkerspot (T. fulvia) 1. At first when looking at the ventral we thought it a Black (cyneas) which we would have expected in the higher reaches of the canyon - but the dorsal had much too much orange and white on it. Bordered patch (C. lacinia) 7. Mylitta Crescent (P. mylitta) 3. American Lady (V. virginiensis) 5. Leafwing sp - In the past we have only seen Tropical (aidea) here - but the distant looks we had seemed more like Goatweed. It was mudding in the road, but we could not get good enough looks to get it definitely to species. Mournful Duskywing (E. tristis) 12. Pacuvius Duskywing (E. pacuvius) 2. Funereal Duskywing (E. funeralis) 1. Orange Skipperling (C. aurantiacus) 9. White-barred Skipper (A. pittacus) 6. Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide" "Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites" http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/ Subject: Coronado Peak, South of Sierra Vista, AZ From: Phil Kelly <phil AT pjkelly.net> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:47:32 -0400 Hello, Joanne and I followed the advice of a local expert and spent from 9:30 to 12:30 on top of Coronado Peak searching for leps. After the nearly bugless 0.4 mile walk up from the parking lot, it was nice to find several leps "gurading" their own hilltop spots. Here's the complete list. Locations are at the peak, unless otherwise noted: Species - (number) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) (1) Checkered / Spring White (Pontia protodice / sisymbrii) (2) Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) (2) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) (1) near visitors center Theona Checkerspot (Chlosyne theona) (1) Arizona Hairstreak (Erora quaderna) (6) Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) (1) at visitors center garden Tropical Leafwing? (Anaea aidea) (3) all fly bys near peak Short-tailed Skipper (Zestusa dorus) (6) near peak and at peak Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) (3) Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo) (1) Scudder's Duskywing??? (Erynnis scudderi) (2) There were two smaller Erynnis types mixed in with the other Erynnis, but I would not want to call these confirmed by any means. Erynnis species (10) - Several other Erynnis that didn't bother to stop or land long enough for an identification Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca) (2) at visitors center garden Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska) (4) White-barred Skipper (Atrytonopsis pittacus) (1) -- Phil & Joanne Kelly phil AT pjkelly DOT net Kokomo, IN, USA Subject: Re: Madera Canyon - Proctor Road From: Philip Kline <pgkline_uk AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:57:13 -0700 (PDT) I apologize for any vagueness in my last posting. Madera Canyon is in southeastern Arizona and borders Pima and Santa Cruz counties. The Proctor Road area is in Pima County. Philip Kline ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Madera Canyon - Proctor Road From: "dbbucher" <dbbucher AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:30:12 -0000 Could you specify state and county please, we have Madera county and city in CA but I don't think that's what you mean. Thanks, DB --- In SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.com, Philip Kline wrote: > > Many butterflies in Madera Canyon around noon, few of which stuck around long enough to identify. > Subject: Garden Canyon - Huachuca Mtns, Sierra Vista, AZ From: Phil Kelly <phil AT pjkelly.net> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:35:50 -0400 Hello, Based on the advice of several folks on this list, my wife and I visited Garden and Sawmill Canyons today in search of Arizona Hairstreak (Erora quaderna)--we were NOT disappointed! Arizona Hairstreak was easily the most numerous of the lep species we saw today with over 50 individuals tallied. Admittedly, we were concentrating on the Buck Brush blooms and the mud near seeps and stream crossings, so our list may be a bit biased toward species that prefer those haunts. Here's the complete list: Species - (number) Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Species (1) -- probably Two-tailed, but it didn't allow us a reasonable look. Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) (3) Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) (1) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) (2) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) (1) "Siva" Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus siva) (15) Arizona Hairstreak (Erora quaderna) (50+) Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) (2) Spring Azure (Celestrina ladon?) (2) (with the usual caveats) Zela Metalmark (Emesis zela) (20) Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) (1) Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) (2) Tropical Leafwing? (Anaea aidea) (1) Not seen well, but based on Hank Brodkin's info, it was probably Tropical and not Goatweed. Erynnis species (15) - we didn't take the time to ID these to species, since we were concentrating on the hairstreaks and they didn't really want to land! Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca) (3) -- Phil & Joanne Kelly phil AT pjkelly DOT net Kokomo, IN, USA Subject: Unwelcomed at Laguna Mountains, San Diego Co. From: SHIRAIWA KOJIRO <whiterock AT bekkoame.ne.jp> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:27:27 -0700 Hi all, Went to Laguna Mountains yesterday and today. Perfect sunshine, OK temperature (57-65 degrees), terrible winds. If the air was much calmer, I'm sure the mountains will be full of butterflies... Anyway, even in the gust, I was able to see: Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara, 2nd generation) Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Perplexing Hairstreak (Callophrys perplexa perplexa) - season ending. Evius Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) icarioides evius) - fresh! Smoky Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa) Acmon Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) acmon) - worn out Clemence's Blue (Plebejus (Icaricia) lupini monticola) - looks like it is at the peak season now Behr's Metalmark (Apodemia virgulti virgulti) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) - still large number, very worn. Funeral Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) - many of them Large number of moths and craneflies. This is a big year for moth of many kinds. Koji Subject: RE: [DesertLeps] Larvae on juniperus From: "Dave Wikle" <wikleps2 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:15:14 -0700 My guess is Gloveria arizonensis (moth, Lasiocampidae) dlw ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Barber To: SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.com;Tils-Lep-Talk;DesertLeps Sent: 4/9/2008 10:19:58 AM Subject: [DesertLeps] Larvae on juniperus I found about a dozen of these fairly large moth larvae yesterday (4/8) on junipers both Alligator Juniper (Juniperus deppeana) and Redberry Juniper (Juniperus coahuilensis) at 6500 - 7000' in the Sacramento Mts., Otero County, NM Got any ideas what they are? Family? I've exhausted my sources...picture here: http://naturenm.org/NM/LarvaeJuniperusNM.jpg Bob Barber Alamogordo, NM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]