Sighting for June 7, 2018
Brant Reif
Peppersauce Canyon
Pinal County, AZ
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Checkered White
- Southern Dogface
- Mexican Yellow
- Sleepy Orange
- Juniper Hairstreak 1
- Marine Blue superabundant
- Spring Azure
- Palmer's Metalmark
- American Snout
- Gulf Fritillary
- Theona Checkerspot
- Elada Crescent
- Texan Crescent
- Red-spotted Purple
- California Sister
- Empress Leilia
- Nabokov's Satyr
- Red Satyr
- Queen
Marine Blue
Temperatures were in the 100s, but the shade in the canyon, a couple of flowering shrubs, and one watering source for cattle offered nice places to survey for butterflies. All of the butterflies at the mud puddle were Marine Blues. I also found and Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus zunianus) at the mud.
The Mexican Yellow, Palmer’s Metalmark, Theona Checkerspot, Red Satyr, and Nabokov’s Satyr were all lifers for me!