Sighting for November 30, 2012

Robert Behrstock

Behrstock/LeMay yard, W of Hwy 92, Hereford
Cochise County, AZ

Butterfly garden, SE foot of Huachuca Mts, 5,010’ elev at oak-grassland interface. Nectar plants: Dalea (2 spp), Salvia (several spp), Aster, Lantana (2 spp), Cosmos, Gaillardia, Tithonia (2 spp), Gaura, Milkweed (2 spp), Verbena, and Chocolate Flower. Common/White Checkered-Skippers not differentiated.

  • Checkered White 2
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Southern Dogface common
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Mexican Yellow common
  • Tailed Orange common
  • Sleepy Orange commonom
  • Dainty Sulphur common
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Leda Ministreak common
  • Western Pygmy-Blue 1
  • Marine Blue 4
  • Ceraunus Blue common
  • Reakirt's Blue common
  • Spring Azure 1
  • Acmon Blue 1
  • American Snout 2
  • Gulf Fritillary 5
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Texan Crescent 5
  • American Lady common
  • Painted Lady common
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Monarch 2
  • Queen commonom
  • Funereal Duskywing common
  • Common Checkered-Skipper common