Sighting for June 27, 2017
Ronald Hedden
Sleepy Grass picnic area, near Cloudcroft, NM
Otero County, NM
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White common
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Southern Dogface 1
- Dainty Sulphur 6
- Acmon Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Atlantis Fritillary 3
- Field Crescent 1
- Variable Checkerspot 3
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell 3
- Painted Lady abundant
- West Coast Lady 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Mexican Cloudywing 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper common
- Four-spotted Skipperling 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper abundant
Variable Checkerspot
Acmon Blue
Variable Checkerspot
Variable Checkerspot
Common Checkered-Skipper
Variegated Fritillary
Field Crescent
Southern Dogface
Variable Checkerspot
Four-spotted Skipperling
Trail from picnic area to campground.
Variable Checkerspots shown are “Sacramento Mountain” sub-species (Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti, imperiled).