Sighting for June 3, 2014
Jan Chu
Heil Valley Open Space, Red Hill and saddle
Boulder County, CO
- Anise Swallowtail 1
- Indra Swallowtail 3
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Pale Swallowtail 2
- Spring White 1
- Large Marble 4
- Clouded Sulphur 6
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Bramble Hairstreak 1
- Silvery Blue 6
- Melissa Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Aphrodite Fritillary 2
- Edwards' Fritillary 3
- Coronis Fritillary 1
- Field Crescent 80
- Pale Crescent 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Common Ringlet 41
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Dusted Skipper 2
Coronis Fritillary
We visited a grassy meadow surrounded by ponderosa pine and the top of a hogback overlooking the town of Boulder. 6,600 ft above sea level. Field Crescents and ringlets were nectaring on spreading daisies.