Sighting for October 13, 2016
Brett Badeaux
Anza Borrego Desert State Park - Sentenac Cienega and nearby
San Diego County, CA
- Black Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 15+
- Sleepy Orange 8
- Dainty Sulphur 1
- Great Purple Hairstreak 1-2
- Juniper Hairstreak 2
- Gray Hairstreak 12
- Leda Ministreak 29
- Western Pygmy-Blue 100+
- Ceraunus Blue 5
- Reakirt's Blue 1
- Acmon Blue 1
- Mormon Metalmark 13
- Palmer's Metalmark 8
- California Patch 15+
- Mylitta Crescent 30+
- Painted Lady 100+
- West Coast Lady 6
- Red Admiral 3
- Common Buckeye 6
- Monarch 2
- Queen 25+
- White Checkered-Skipper 9
- Northern White-Skipper 4
- Mojave Sootywing 9
- Juba Skipper 4
- Sandhill Skipper 1
- California Giant-Skipper 7
Juba Skipper
Sandhill Skipper
California Patch
Sleepy Orange
Leda Ministreak
Great Purple Hairstreak
Full sun, trip was from 9:00 to 3:30, 2100’ elevation. Stopped by turn off right before Scissors Crossing where most Desert Metalmarks and Mojave Sootywing were seen, then took the Sentenac Birding Trail where many Leda Ministreak were, then cut across the dry San Felipe Valley to the Sentenac Cienega where a sudden explosion of butterflies occurred!