Sighting for June 10, 2014
Jan Chu
Heil Ranch Open Space, Geer Watershed
Boulder County, CO
- Indra Swallowtail 5
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Pale Swallowtail 2
- Western White 1
- Cabbage White 13
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Bramble Hairstreak 6
- Western Tailed-Blue 1
- Dotted Blue 7
- Arrowhead Blue 5
- Silvery Blue 9
- Melissa Blue 9
- Boisduval's Blue 11
- Aphrodite Fritillary 2
- Edwards' Fritillary 5
- Field Crescent 6
- Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1
- Common Ringlet 25
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Dreamy Duskywing 3
- Pacuvius Duskywing 5
- Persius Duskywing 3
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Common Sootywing 1
- Juba Skipper 5
- Dun Skipper 3
Dun Skipper
We had a devastating 100+ year flood go through Boulder County Canyons and wondered how the butterflies would fare in 2014. Numerous species of emergent butterflies are now flying. We find many new brilliant males at the muddy puddles.