Special Notes:
Maximum participants: 8 for each field trip
Contact field trip leader Mary Klinkel (email: grizzledelfin@gmail.com) to sign up and for more information about meeting time and place. SEABA requests a $5 donation for each field trip. You will receive a SEABA SE AZ Butterfly Checklist and personal attention.
Whether you are new to butterfly identification or looking for a chance to refresh your ID skills, these field trips are for you! SE AZ has a stunning variety of butterflies, many of which can be seen year-round. These morning field trips will give you a chance to see butterflies of several families and practice field identification skills at an easy pace. NOTE: All field trips are weather-dependent as butterflies do not fly in rain.
Photo: Ceranus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) © Gerry Wolfe
Trip Butterfly Reports:
Our friend Mike found and photographed a mallow scrub-hairstreak and helped us look for it but we didn't re-find it. Here's the butterflies we did find:
- Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor
- Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
- Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae
- Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe
- Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
- Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exile
- Marine Blue Leptotes marina
- Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus
- Empress Leilia Asterocampa leilia
- Queen Danaus gilippus
- Small Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus scriptura
- Common/White Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis/albescens
- Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
- Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala
General Information
Beginners are welcome on all field trips! Experienced members will share their butterfly knowledge and expertise with all field trip participants. Children accompanied by a responsible adult are welcome on SEABA field trips. A donation of $5 per person to benefit SEABA will be appreciated. Carpooling from the meeting place is encouraged and it is kind to share gas expenses. If high clearance vehicles are required for a trip, it will be noted in individual trip descriptions. Dress for the field with sturdy shoes, hat, sunscreen, and insect repellent. Bring your own water, snacks, and lunch. Close-focusing binoculars, cameras, and field guides will be helpful aids for butterfly observation and identification. Trips usually end by mid-afternoon unless noted differently in individual trip descriptions.
Please be aware that:
1. Collecting or netting is NOT allowed on SEABA field trips.
2. Pets, with the exception of service animals, are NOT allowed on SEABA field trips.
3. All field trip participants are required to sign SEABA's Release and Assumption of Risk form at the beginning of the trip. The form may be viewed at SEABA Release.
4. Please arrive a few minutes prior to the meeting time posted for trips to facilitate paperwork and introductions to other trip participants.
5. Field trips may be cancelled or rescheduled on short notice due to changing weather or road conditions. Please check the website for updates prior to the Field Trip.
Our Southeastern Arizona Butterfly Checklist can be downloaded here. Please note that the SEABA checklist is copyrighted.
Local NABA Butterfly Counts are listed at NABA Counts
Field trips organized by the Central Arizona Butterfly Association are listed at their website: CAzBA.
