Seen 3/26/ Contra Costa Co. CA, USA
Sharyn Fernandez
butterflies at value.net
Mon Mar 27 01:26:08 EST 2000
MY list for a brief walk in the State Park (Mount Diablo) today; elev. 300 feet:
March 26, 2000
Antocaris sara (Sara Orange tip)
- "many"; trail and hillside
P. rapae - 6;
mustard lower cosmopolitan locations
N. antiopa (Mourning Cloak)
- "many" - on willow streamside; fire trail
Phycoides mylitta (Mylitta cresent)
- approx. 4 to 6; fire trail
A. californicus (tortoiseshell)
- many ; streamside/firetrail
D. plexippus (Monarch) -
- (1) upper White Canyon; woodland:
99 and 100's % sure! : color, flight pattern (vs. tortoiseshell)
and location - by a fall milkweed site; I thought since it
looked quite worn that it must have come in from the coastal
overwintering sites about 30+ miles west of here; even though no
milkweed yet, it seemed like it might be "retracing" its steps perhaps?
Shar
Sharyn Fernandez
Concord CA
37deg..57 min N; 121 deg, 52 min. W
butterflies at value.net
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