2019 July 31 morning

 

   Kirsten Mills writes:  Jeff Gaskin and I went to Mount Washington on July 29th, where we saw several butterflies. Here is the list: Cabbage White, Purplish Copper, Anna’s Blue, Boisduval’s Blue, Milbert’s Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Hydaspe Fritillary, 8 Great Arctic, and 2 Common Branded Skippers. Here are several photos.

 

Boisduval’s Blue Icaricia icarioides (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Kirsten Mills

 

Great Arctic Oeneis nevada (Lep.: Nymphalidae – Satyrinae)  Kirsten Mills

 

Anna’s Blue Lycaeides anna (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Kirsten MIlls

Anna’s Blue Lycaeides anna (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Kirsten Mills

 

   Here’s another hymenopteran that we can’t identify.   If anyone can help, even to Family, please let us know.  Photographed by Cheryl Hoyle at Ida Anne Lake.

 

Unknown hymenopteran   Cheryl Hoyle

 

 

   Here are five damsel/dragonflies photographed by Cheryl Hoyle at Ida Anne Lake, July 29, and kindly identified by Dr Rob Cannings.

 

Young male Northern or Boreal Bluet Enallagma annexum or boreale (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)

 Cheryl Hoyle

 

Pacific Forktail  Ischnura cervula (Odo.: Coenagrionidae) Cheryl Hoyle

 

 

Mature female Western Forktail Ischnura perparva (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

 

Female Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

 

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

More to come as we identify them (if we can!)…