2023 May 21 morning

   Yesterday, Aziza Cooper and Marie O’Shaughnessy visited Mount Tolmie again in the morning and scored  1 Western Tiger Swallowtail, 1 California Tortoiseshell, 1 Cabbage White. Marie submitted several photographs of butterflies there.   In the first of these photographs below, the butterfly is on its larval foodplant (Fennel), which could mean either that the butterfly has very recently emerged, or that it is interested in ovipositing.

Anise Swallowtail  Papilio zelicaon   (Lep.: Papilionidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Tiger Swallowtail  Papilio rutulus  (Lep.: Papilionidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Pale Tiger Swallowtail  Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Brown Elfin Incisalia iroides   (Lep.: Lycaenidae)

  Marie O’Shaughnessy

California Tortoiseshell  Nymphalis californica  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

California Tortoiseshell  Nymphalis californica  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Painted Lady  Vanessa cardui  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Red Admiral  Vanessa atalanta  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

  Marie O’Shaughnessy

    Jeremy Tatum notes that in the two days May 18-19 photographs of the following species were posted on Invert Alert:   Malacosoma californicum, Rhionaeschna californica, Hypena californica,  Nymphalis californica,  Autographa californica.  He does not doubt that in the next little while, we shall be receiving photographs of Calligrapha californica, Prionus californicus, Bombus californicus, Pyrausta californicalis, Hydriomena californiata, Neoalcis californiaria, Pheosia californica…  all (and a few more) of which occur here and have featured in Invert Alert.