SEABA March 13 Field Trip

[Hank & Priscilla Brodkin]

On March 13, SEABA (The Southeastern Arizona Butterfly Association) had
it's inaugural field trip 
at Patagonia Lake State Park in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
It was a beautiful windless day with the temperature reaching the high
60's.  The trip leader, Rich 
Bailowitz, coauthor of "Butterflies of Southeast Arizona", timed the
trip to the bloom of Senicio 
salignus, a good spring nectar source in this area.

Some 20 participants, guided by Rich's expertise, hiked up and through
Sonoita Creek, finding some 
some 20 species for the day.  The species seen were:

White-barred Skipper (Atrytonopsis pittacus)
Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacus)
White Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis)
Mournful Duskywing (E. tristis)
Arizona Pwdered-Skipper (Systasea zampa)
Golden-headed Scallopwing (Staphylus ceos)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Pearly Marble (Euchloe hyantis)
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemisis)
Zela metalmark (Emesis zela)
Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Texas Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

-- 
	   Hank Brodkin
	Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
		31.45N, 110.27W
	Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com