Am spending time with a batch of 2 year old photographs. Found two that make a worthwhile side by side comparison. https://flic.kr/p/2nYuZ1H The location is in extreme southern British Columbia, almos

Here is a screen clip from iNaturalist showing my ca 4000 uploads so far. ca 95% are butterfly records. And of course these represent just a small fraction of my total butterfly records from the past

Re. marked difference between eastern cybele and leto; here are links to a couple of side by side illustrations: https://flic.kr/p/28nJY8o https://flic.kr/p/LjggEL

Here are links to most of the leto specimen images on my flickr site. https://flic.kr/p/2n1xpmz https://flic.kr/p/2mUKPYU https://flic.kr/p/2mUchRZ https://flic.kr/p/2mUgLEa https://flic.kr/p/2mTJpFz

Regarding comments on taxonomy of Speyeria cybele and Speyeria leto; there are two modern, multi-author publications that comment on/explain why Speyeria leto is a better taxonomic hypothesis than Spe

In a 2010 publication I mentioned that both S. cybele and leto were present in the Sweetgrass Hills of Montana. There were no illustrations in that publication but last winter I imaged some specimens

Here is a link to shots of a few female Limenitis lorquini ilgae from SW British Columbia. https://flic.kr/p/2nXd3b6

To round out the western Canada Speyeria 'zerene'; here are some links to pics of specimens from southern British Columbia: https://flic.kr/p/2mTibzi https://flic.kr/p/2mTc6Ao https://flic.kr/p/2mTdfx

My old geezer brain temporarily overlooked the presence of Polites draco in the pacific northwest of North America; so here is some chatter about that critter ---- ---------- Forwarded message -------

This past summer I had the opportunity to photograph a mating pair of Speyeria zerene. But I totally botched the opportunity. The killer instinct flooded my neural network and I clapped the net over a

A couple to report today: a White-banded Admiral https://flic.kr/p/2nP3ad1 And a Colias christina female group shot from my earliest days of having fun with digital imaging in 2003. https://flic.kr/p/

When I started playing with butterflies in 1971, I realized in my first few outings that the specimens I was collecting all looked different from those in the very few books available at the time -- a

An ancient shot comparing some male Phyciodes cocyta from southern British Columbia vs central Alberta. https://flic.kr/p/2nNNzBb The name pascoensis has been used for the southern BC populations and

A side by side comparison of faded specimens is probably more comparable than comparing a faded specimen with a fresh bug in nature. Here is a light-dark faded specimen comparison https://flic.kr/p/2g

And I forgot to mention that not only do they get really dark, they also get really light (comparatively). See for example another Alberta female: https://flic.kr/p/HeZpEr

Nice shots. Yes, sometimes they even get extremely dark, like this female I shot west of Calgary this year: https://flic.kr/p/2nxPGF3

In 2005 I visited Ken Philip in Alaska. Had fun browsing his collection and held my little 3 MP pocket digicam over some of the specimens. Here is a venter view of 4 Colias skinneri from Wyoming. http

Shot of Colias gigantea females from 3 different locations ---- https://flic.kr/p/2nNxpid

Another old scan; 3 spring Colias philodice that I collected in 2003, 1 from Washington, 1 from British Columbia and 1 from Alberta. https://flic.kr/p/2nNdfqq The Washington site has the warmest clima

In 2005 I spent some time in Yukon and collected Colias gigantea in several places. Later that month, at home, I laid the specimens on gray paper to photo them. Recently I noticed the old pics in the