NEW DATE! Sabino Canyon Summer

Date & Time: 
July 26, 2021 -
8:00am to 4:45pm
Meeting Place: 
There will be no meeting spot.
Compiler: 
Mary Klinkel
Compiler Email: 
grizzledelfin@gmail.com

The Summer Sabino Canyon / Santa Catalina Mts. butterfly count will be held Monday, July 26, 2021. 

Please contact Mary if you can help with this count.  If you want to request an area, let her know.

Rain has been good so far & flooding could be a problem in the Bighorn Fire burn scar areas.  Certain areas of the National Forest are closed due to this and that could change as we get closer to the date.

There will be no meeting spot or compilation dinner.

Trip Butterfly Reports: 

Species Seen:

  1. Pipevine Swallowtail                        Battus philenor  9
  2. Two-tailed Swallowtail                    Papilio multicaudata  1
  3. Checkered White                              Pontia protodice  9
  4. Orange Sulphur                                  Colias eurytheme  130
  5. Southern Dogface                            Colias cesonia  2
  6. Cloudless Sulphur                              Phoebis sennae  144
  7. Lyside Sulphur                                    Kricogonia lyside  1
  8. Mexican Yellow                                 Eurema Mexicana  28
  9. Sleepy Orange                                   Eurema nicippe  99
  10. Dainty Sulphur                                   Nathalis iole  44
  11. Colorado Hairstreak                         Hypaurotis crysalus  9
  12. Thicket Hairstreak                             Callophrys spinetorum  2
  13. Gray Hairstreak                                  Strymon melinus  2
  14. Leda Ministreak                                 Ministrymon leda  4
  15. Arizona Hairstreak                            Erora quaderna  2
  16. Western Pygmy-Blue                        Brephidium exile  8
  17. Marine Blue                                        Leptotes marina  46
  18. Ceraunus Blue                                    Hemiargus ceraunus  9
  19.  ‘Echo’ Spring Azure                          Celastrina ladon  16
  20. Acmon Blue                                        Plebejus acmon texana  1
  21. Nais Metalmark                                 Apodemia nais  1
  22. American Snout                                 Libytheana carinenta  7
  23. Gulf Fritillary                                       Agraulis vanillae  2
  24. Variegated Fritillary                          Euptoieta claudia  14
  25. Tiny Checkerspot                               Dymasia dymas  1
  26. Elada Checkerspot                            Texola elada  5
  27. Mylitta Crescent                                Phyciodes mylitta  1
  28. Mourning Cloak                                Nymphalis antiopa   3
  29. Painted Lady                                      Vanessa cardui  6
  30. Red Admiral                                        Vanessa atalanta  1
  31. ‘Arizona’ California Sister                Adelpha bredowii  2
  32. Hackberry Emperor                          Asterocampa celtis  2 (NEW for Count)
  33. Empress Leilia                                    Asterocampa leilia  31
  34. Monarch                                              Danaus plexippus  4
  35. Queen                                                  Danaus gilippus  14
  36. Acacia Skipper                                    Cogia hippalus  1
  37. Mournful Duskywing                        Erynnis tristis  1
  38. Pacuvius Duskywing                         Erynnis pacuvius  7
  39. Funereal Duskywing                         Erynnis funeralis  2
  40. White / Common Checkered-Skipper        Pyrgus albescens / communis  5
  41. Desert Checkered-Skipper               Pyrgus philetas  1
  42. Orange Skipperling                            Copaeodes aurantiacus  2
  43. Fiery Skipper                                       Hylephila phyleus  50
  44. Taxiles Skipper                                   Poanes taxiles  1

Plus: 2 unidentified blues and 2 unidentified checkerspots