Sighting for April 1, 2016
Brett Badeaux
Santa Margarita River Preserve
San Diego County, CA
- Giant Swallowtail 1
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 6
- Checkered White 14
- Cabbage White 10
- Sara Orangetip 40+
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Dainty Sulphur 25
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Spring Azure 3
- Acmon Blue 2
- Fatal Metalmark 5
- Mormon Metalmark 30
- Gabb's Checkerspot 2
- Satyr Comma 5
- American Lady 2
- West Coast Lady 1
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 4
- Lorquin's Admiral 20
- California Sister 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Northern White-Skipper 1
- Umber Skipper 11
Clear, mid 60’s from 11:30 to 3:30
Has a trail going uphill into sage scrub that eventually ends at an Avocado grove, unsure if officially part of the Preserve. That is where I saw the Checkerspots and the numerous Dainty Sulphurs.