SEABA Field Trip - Gold Gulch, Bisbee - Miller Canyon

[Hank & Priscilla Brodkin]

(NOTE: At the LepSoc meeting in Sierra Vista - several attendees asked
me to cross-post our messages sent to SouthWestLep to Leps-L.  If there
is any stenuous objection to this - please let me know -HB)

Last Sunday ten SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association members, led by
Sheri Williamson had a plesant day in beautiful Gold Gulch at the south
end of the Mule Mountains and in Miller Canyon in the Huachucas at the
Beatty's B&B and Orchard.  The most interesting species seen was the
winter form of Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis). 3 very clean
individuals were seen in Gold Gulch.  This species had been reported
earlier this year from Tucson and the Upper San Pedro - and apparently
is staging an invasion into this area - presumably from the north and
east as it is listed as hypothetical on the Sonora, Mexico list.
30 species of butterfly were seen as well as the many beautiful
hummingbirds at the Beattys' including a stunning Magnificent/Berryline
hybrid.
Here is a list of butterflies seen ("B" indicates the butterfly was seen
only at the Beattys').

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Giant Swallowtail (P. cresphontes)
Checkered White (Pontea protodice)
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Southern Dogface (C. cesonia)
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicanum)
Tailed Orange (E. proterpia)
Sleepy Orange (E. nicippe)
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)
Leda Ministreak (winter form) (Ministrymon leda)
Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exile)
Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)
Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
Reakirt's Blue (H. isola)
Common Blue (Celestrina argiolus)
Variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Question Mark (winter form) (Polygonia interrogationis)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
West Coast Lady (V. annabella)
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)B
Tropical Leafwing (Anaea aidea)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Dull Firetip (Pyrrhopyge araxes)B
White Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgeus communis)B
Desert Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgeus philetas)
Orange skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiacus)
Huachuca Giant-skipper (Agathymus evansi)
Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia)
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	             Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
	          Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
             SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
	          Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com