Sighting for June 13, 2014
Jan Chu
Heil Ranch Open Space, Plumely Canyon
Boulder County, CO
- Indra Swallowtail 7
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 3
- Pale Swallowtail 3
- Western White 1
- Cabbage White 9
- Large Marble 1
- Orange Sulphur 45
- Western Tailed-Blue 3
- Spring Azure 1
- Dotted Blue 6
- Arrowhead Blue 7
- Silvery Blue 3
- Melissa Blue 2
- Boisduval's Blue 6
- Aphrodite Fritillary 10
- Edwards' Fritillary 1
- Northern Crescent 4
- Field Crescent 11
- Painted Lady 2
- Weidemeyer's Admiral 3
- Common Ringlet 12
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Pacuvius Duskywing 1
- Persius Duskywing 8
- Common Sootywing 1
- Juba Skipper 3
The rare Hops Azure (Spring Azure) is found seldom on American hops. The hops plants are becoming scarce because of development in our Foothills.The Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue is found on its host plant sulfur flower Eriogonum umbellatum.