Sighting for June 9, 2014
Jan Chu
Heil Ranch Open Space, Geer Watershed
Boulder County, CO
- Indra Swallowtail 7
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 6
- Pale Swallowtail 15
- Spring White 1
- Cabbage White 8
- Large Marble 5
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 11
- Bramble Hairstreak 3
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Western Tailed-Blue 4
- Dotted Blue 4
- Arrowhead Blue 7
- Silvery Blue 13
- Melissa Blue 3
- Boisduval's Blue 4
- Aphrodite Fritillary 8
- Edwards' Fritillary 5
- Field Crescent 7
- Hoary Comma 2
- Weidemeyer's Admiral 1
- Common Ringlet 7
- Northern Cloudywing 3
- Pacuvius Duskywing 6
- Persius Duskywing 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Common Sootywing 2
- Juba Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 2
Northern Cloudywing
Blues puddling
Western Tailed-Blue
The sky was clear and the temperature varied from 56 to 67 degrees F. Plenty cool for a May day. Butterflies were very active.
W. Tailed-blue, Northern Cloudywing; Blues puddling - Arrowhead, Melissa, Boisduval’s, Silvery