2023 May 20

 

 

Aziza Cooper writes:  May 19 at about 6 pm, Marie O’Shaughnessy and I
observed nine butterfly species at Mount Tolmie summit:

Red Admiral – 2

Painted Lady – 4

Western Tiger Swallowtail – 2

Pale Tiger Swallowtail – 1

California Tortoiseshell – 1

Western Spring Azure – 1

Cabbage White – 1

Western Brown Elfin – 2 

Mourning Cloak – 2

Also on May 19, at Uplands Park, there were mining bees and a moth:  Autographa californica.

Red Admiral  Vanessa atalanta  (Lep.:  Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)

Aziza Cooper

California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica   (Lep,: Nymphalidae)

   Aziza Cooper

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

Autographa californica  (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)  Aziza Cooper

Mining bee (Hym.: Andrenidae)   Aziza Cooper