Sighting for July 9, 2012
Rob Santry
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Shasta County, CA
- Pipevine Swallowtail 4
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Two-tailed Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White
- Great Copper 3
- Golden Hairstreak 1
- Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Western Tailed-Blue 1
- Acmon Blue 4
- Mylitta Crescent 3
- Variable Checkerspot 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Common Buckeye abundant
- Lorquin's Admiral 2
- Common Ringlet 4
- Monarch 1
- Propertius Duskywing 4
- Common Checkered-Skipper 2
- Woodland Skipper 5
Great Copper
Ray Bruun and I returned to this reliable spot for Great Copper. The locale is just past the turn into the N.E.E.D. Camp, along Paige Bar Road.
We also saw a group of first-of-season Woodland Skippers.