Sighting for June 23, 2016
Brett Badeaux
Palomar Mountain
San Diego County, CA
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 8
- Pale Swallowtail 3
- Checkered White 15
- Cabbage White 8
- Orange Sulphur 20+
- Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 20+
- Dainty Sulphur 3
- Great Copper 12
- Golden Hairstreak 8
- California Hairstreak 6
- Gold-hunter's Hairstreak 11
- Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 2
- Hedgerow Hairstreak 1
- Brown Elfin 15+
- Juniper Hairstreak 22
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Marine Blue 8
- Spring Azure 1
- Square-spotted Blue 25+
- Acmon Blue 15+
- Lupine Blue 7
- Mormon Metalmark 15
- Mylitta Crescent 40+
- American Lady 7
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 6
- Lorquin's Admiral 1
- California Sister 25
- Monarch 4
- Propertius Duskywing 4
- Mournful Duskywing 6
- Funereal Duskywing 4
- Afranius Duskywing 7
- Two-banded Checkered-Skipper 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 6
- Northern White-Skipper 3
- Common Branded Skipper 2
Great Copper
Golden Hairstreak
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
California Hairstreak
A fine day with highs 84F. Target was the endangered Laguna Mountains Skipper with 2 seen. Thousands of grasshoppers which created a wave in front of me with every step made counting and approaching butterflies difficult, hence more common species are a rough estimate.