Sighting for October 26, 2017
Brett Badeaux
Lake Cuyamaca
San Diego County, CA
- Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Checkered White 1
- Cabbage White 12+
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Purplish Copper 40+
- Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 1
- Melissa Blue 6
- Acmon Blue common
- Mylitta Crescent 20+
- California Tortoiseshell 2
- Painted Lady
- Common Buckeye 15+
- Monarch 1
- Afranius Duskywing 2
- White Checkered-Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sandhill Skipper 2
Purplish Copper
Sandhill Skipper
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Melissa Blue
Purplish Copper
Purplish Copper
Common Buckeye
Sandhill Skipper
Common Buckeye
Full sun up to 78F. One Buckeye was abnormally dark and possibly but unlikely a Tropical Buckeye. Fiery Skipper and especially Sandhill Skipper is unusual for this area and a first. Western Tiger Swallowtail was fresh which is unusual for this late in the year.