2025 May 22 morning
Yesterday late afternoon, Aziza Cooper saw and photographed a Painted Lady and a California Tortoiseshell at the top of Mount Tolmie.
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
This morning, May 22, Aziza Cooper saw and photographed a Pale Tiger Swallowtail near Warbler Alley on Mount Tolmie. (Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between our two tiger swallowtails. I wish they were all as easy as this one. Jeremy Tatum)
Pale Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Aziza Cooper
(Notice the genus name – no longer Papilio.)
Gordon Hart writes: We saw our first Pale Tiger Swallowtail of the year yesterday (May 21) at home (Highlands), along with several Western Spring Azures and Cabbage Whites. On the Munn Road power lines, we saw only faded Western Spring Azures, and many long-horned fairy moths, Adela septentrionella. We saw dragonflies too, and got one photo of a meadowhawk.
Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae) Gordon Hart
Note – it is now in Family Adelidae. Incurvariidae is now a separate Family.
Female Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum
(Odo.: Libellulidae)
Gordon Hart
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