Sighting for March 24, 2014

Rob Santry

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
San Diego County, CA

This was our final day in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. We started out butterflying at Culp Valley campground/trailhead and found a Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak which is unusual for Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Later in the day, we found another one in Plum Canyon. That makes two and is a pretty noteworthy sighting and a ‘lifer’ !

  • Black Swallowtail 6
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Checkered White 1
  • Sleepy Orange 1
  • Dainty Sulphur 1
  • Great Purple Hairstreak 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 7
  • Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 2
  • Marine Blue 3
  • Sonoran Blue 1
  • Wright's Metalmark 4
  • Mormon Metalmark 6
  • California Patch 9
  • Variable Checkerspot 1
  • Painted Lady 5
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Orange Skipperling 1

Dainty Sulphur

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Wright's Metalmark