2015 June 5

    Please scroll down to June 4 to see three important announcements concerning forthcoming field trips – including Sunday’s (June 7) trip to Duncan.

   We still have a healthy queue of photos and observations to post, and they’ll be spread out over a few days.  I’m using today’s posting to catch up on more of the interesting creatures found by Mike Yip and Aziza Cooper on their recent trip to Mount Cokely.

Persius Duskywing Erynnis persius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Mike Yip

Boisduval’s Blue Icaricia icarioides  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Mike Yip

Boisduval’s Blue Icaricia icarioides (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

 Female Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

Hoary (“Zephyr”) Comma Polygonia gracilis zephyrus   (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Mike Yip

Western Tailed Blue Everes amyntula  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  MikeYip

Western Tailed Blue  Everes amyntula  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)   Aziza Cooper

Hudsonian Whiteface Leucorrhina hudsonica (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Mike Yip

(Thanks to Terry Thormin for identifying this one.)

Misumena vatia (Ara.: Thomisiidae) and Sericomyia chalcopyga (Dip. Syrphidae) Mike Yip

(Thanks to Jeff Skevington for identifying the fly.)

Buprestis aurulenta (Col.: Buprestidae)  Aziza Cooper