Recent sightings

12:50 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.; 78 to 80 F.; not much except for the Jutta Arctic which was a good find as on the edge of its range; bog laurel and bog rosemary in bloom

9:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Weather 78°-88°, mostly cloudy all day. Drove forest roads. Nectar: phlox, fleabane, coreopsis, rudbeckia, Common selfheal, butterfly weed.
POgard, LCooper.

We actually had to split the weekly walk because a storm came up yesterday so I finished it today. For the 2 days the weather was low 80 and little wind. Butterflies seen for the first time this year: Common Checkered-Skipper, Common Buckeye, Great Spangled Fritillary, Little Wood-Satyr

ONLY looked at butterflies on Arizona milkweed (Asclepias angustifolia). Other species were nectaring on thistle, introduced white sweet clover, but are not included here. 9:30-11:30 (some breaks), riparian corridor in Madrean Woodland.

Humid sunny afternoon. Temp around 83.

Wildflower garden looks like it’s no longer maintained

(20-104) Hot and hotter. Record number of Tawny’s for the preserve.

Great Spangled is lifer

1 to 3 p.m. with some showers and then sun, 70 to 72 F. First Pink-edged Sulphur in the county seen this year which seems unsurprisingly a mite late.

Sunny. 80 degrees.
10:30AM to 4:00PM
With Gard Otis for the first couple of hours.

Poor showing here this year, even Cabbage Whites. Hard to believe best day here so far this year.

Sunny and warm.

First Snout for me at this location.

photo - a black and white anise swallowtail.
Saw an orange yellow and black anise, a yellow and black anise, and a pale yellow and black anise.

Overcast skies