2018 May 5 evening

MAY BUTTERFLY WALK

 

 Jeremy Tatum writes:  My sincere apologies to all who were inconvenienced by the mistakes in this morning’s posting.  First, it gave the date as May 6, and then it said that the May Butterfly Walk was today.  I do apologize for this.  I was having computer problems and I got everything mixed up while I was struggling.

 

 Anyway the May Butterfly Walk is on Sunday May 6.  Meet at top of Mount Tolmie, 1:00 pm.

 

   Today, Jeff  Gaskin saw two Western Brown Elfins on Gorge Road, and this evening at about 6:30 pm Jeff  Gaskin and Kirsten Mills saw two California Tortoiseshells and a Propertius Duskywing on or near the Mount Tolmie reservoir.

 

  Jeremy Tatum reports many Western Spring Azures , a few Sara Orangetips, and a Western Brown Elfin on the Panhandler Trail off Munn Road. 

 

   Gordon Hart writes:  Today we had 20+ Western Spring Azures, a few Cabbage Whites, a couple of Green Commas, and the first Western Brown Elfin of the year for our yard in the Highlands.

 

  Val George saw three Anise Swallowtails on Mount Douglas today.  Here is a photograph of one:

 

Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Val George