Peppersauce Canyon, Pima County, AZ Field Trip

Hank & Priscilla Brodkin hankb at theriver.com
Sun Mar 26 17:15:25 EST 2000


The March 25 SEABA field trip to Peppersauce Canyon on the northeast
flank of the Catalinas was very successful.  Some ten participants led
by Doug Mullins and Hank Brodkin saw 26 species.  This is a good number
considering the drought conditions in southeastern Arizona this past
winter.  There was some bloom - including astragalus and arabis sp. and
there is still a little water in the canyon.
Species seen:
Pipevine Swallowtail (B. philenor)
Black Swallowtail (P. polyxenes) 
Two-tailed Swallowtail (P. multicaudata) 
Checkered White (P. protodice)
Spring White (P. sisymbrii)
Pearly Marble (E. hyantis)
Sara Orangetip (A. sara)
Orange Sulphur (C. eurytheme)
Southern Dogface (C. cesonia)
Sleepy Orange (E. nicippe)
Mexican Yellow (E. mexicana)
Gray Hairstreak (S. melinus)
Juniper Hairstreak (C. gryneus)
Great Purple Hairstreak (A. halesus)
Arizona Hairstreak (E. quaderna)
Spring Azure (C. ladon)
Acmon Blue (P. acmon)
Zela Metalmark (E. zela)
Sagebrush Checkerspot (C. acastus)
Variable Checkerspot (E. chalcedona)
Mourning Cloak (N. antiopa)
Red-spotted Purple (L. arthemis)
Mournful Duskywing (E. tristis)
Funereal Duskywing (E. funeralis)
Orange Skipperling (C. aurantiacus)
White-barred Skipper (A. pittacus)
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	             Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
	          Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
                    Lat: 31.450, Long: 110.267
             SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
          http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html


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