Arizona field report

[BMW60]

I decided to go down to the Santa Rita mountains and give Box Canyon a look-see
for the odd skipper.  As I drove down, the wind had already picked up and the
sky started to look a little too dark for butterflies.  Not to mention the temp
was only in the upper 60s at this point.  High hopes I didnt have.  Even as I
approached the wash I spied my first skipper.  It turned out to be a pretty
fair day.  The biggest surprise as I moved down the wash was a beautiful, mint
condition, green, Chevy S-10 pick-up, nose down in the sand.  Gee, I better
check for survivors.  Nope, no one home, just some clothes and other odds and
ends.  I figured I would report it on my way out.  When I returned there were
three trucks including a tow-truck attempting to get somewhere close to this
thing.  How it got there I dont know.  As it turns out, it was a truck full of
illegal aliens fleeing the Border Patrol and took a wrong turn.  A REAL wrong
turn.  Ya just never know what your going to see.  Listed below are the species
I saw in a 1 mile stretch.
Junonia coenia--Buckeye
Junonia coenia nigrosuffusa--Black Buckeye
Vanessa atlanta--Red Admiral
Vanessa virginiensis--American Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui--Painted Lady
Dymasia chara--Dymas checkerspot
Texola elada--Elada Checkerspot
Anthanassa texana--Texan Crescent
Chlosyne lacinia--Bordered Patch
Phyllis Battenor, I really like her--Pipevine Swallowtail
Pterourus multicaudatus--Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail
Anthocharis sara--Sara Orange-Tip
Nathalis iole--Dainty Sulpher
Colias eurutheme--Alfalfa Butterfly
Pontia protodice--Checkered White
Eurema mexicananum--Mexican Sulpher
Strymon melinus--Gray Hairstreak
Mitovra siva--Siva Hairstreak
Emesis ares--Ares Metalmark
Leptotes marina--Marina Blue
Celestrina argiolus cinera--ommon Blue

I'm even going to try and list the skippers, so here goes-

Copaeodes aurantiacus
Celotes nessus
Staphylus ceos
Tristis tatius
Systasea zampa
Pyrgius albesens
Pyrgus philetas
 Yea, I guess that didnt hurt as bad as I thought it would.  Good hunting all, 
 Bill in Tucson.




 
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