Sighting for April 21, 2016
Brett Badeaux
Santa Rosa Plateau
Riverside County, CA
- Pale Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 6
- Cabbage White 4
- Sara Orangetip 41
- Orange Sulphur 50+
- Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 2
- Dainty Sulphur 2
- Gold-hunter's Hairstreak 1
- Brown Elfin 1
- Gray Hairstreak 14
- Marine Blue 6
- Western Tailed-Blue 1
- Spring Azure 2
- Acmon Blue 3
- Mormon Metalmark 21
- Callippe Fritillary 2
- Mylitta Crescent 38
- Mourning Cloak 1
- American Lady 10
- Common Buckeye 3
- California Sister 15
- Common Ringlet 16
- Queen 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 39
- Northern White-Skipper 1
- Woodland Skipper 1
Queen
Gold-hunter's Hairstreak
Callippe Fritillary
Callippe Fritillary
Low 70’s, clear with occasional medium winds. From 10:15 to 4:15. The butterflies here are even more localized than last month, with large expanses of unfruitful dry grassland. 1 unid skipper and some duskywings.