Welcome all, Thought I should post something to get this one-day-old list kicked off. It'll be a while before this list gets going, and we're already a bit past the peak of the butterfly season... but

An article ran in today's The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash., about Robert Michael Pyle's latest guidebook, "The Butterflies of Cascadia." <http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/1623586p-1741309c.html> --

A short while ago I posted a request on LEPS-L for help identifying a small dark moth reared from an exotic Prunus in an Oregon nursery. Dr. Don Davis, Smithsonian, responded with: "...it appears to b

According to Holland (The Moth Book, 1903) your underwing images appear to be _Syneda divergens_. Running this name through google one finds the synonym _Drasteria divergens_ and a photo at: http://pl

Interestingly enough, many of the plates and some text for Legion of Night as well as the Barnes and McDunnough plates/text are available on-line at: http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/kunkel/Moths/sargent/ Re

All, (C'mon folks, I know you're out in the field; let's hear some details...) Sunday, atop Mount Diablo (Contra Costa County, CA), Mormon Metalmarks (ssp. mormo) were out in force. Other butterflies

Hi Folks, Each fall around Halloween, the Oregon State Arthropod Collection hosts the Northwest Lepidopterists' Workshop, an informal get-together of butterfly and moth enthusiasts at Oregon State Uni

Hi Northwest Leps Group Members, August Field Trip Recap On August 24th, Brian Kirshner attempted to lead a beginners oriented field trip to San Bruno Mountain State and County Park but the weather wa

Adam, David and I went to Rush Ranch Open Space Preserve in Solano County on Thursday August 29. Following is a list of the butterflies seen. We also butterflied the fishing access area farther along

This message is coming to you from Neil Bjorklund, Eugene, Oregon. I am seeking information about any good sites in southern Lincoln County or coastal Lane County to find Moss's and Hoary elfin in Apr

Sightings from a trip to Tilden and Wildcat Canyon Regional parks in Contra Costa County, California on September 4, 2002. Western Tiger Swallowtail (1) Cabbage White (7) Orange Sulphur (1) Gray Hairs

David, A couple quick questions about an earlier trip of yours up to Eagle Meadow (Tuolomne County, CA, up in the central Sierras) (I'm guessing "D. Edwards" on the NABA site is you.) Where are the pr

Adam, John and I certainly are not experts on California Crescents. Although Garth and Tilden in California Butterflies give a flight period of April-June, I believe this refers to P. orseis orseis si

Everyone, A bit of confusion has set in here about the dates when the California Crescents were seen. Adam asked us about sightings which were on July 26 although neither of us unfortunately indicated

Here are my sightings from a 13 mile/7 hour hike at Pinnacles National Monument on 31 August 2002: -Orange Sulfur (1) -Gray Hairstreak (5) -Acmon Blue (11) -Mormon Metalmark (10) -Common Buckeye (3) -

Here are my sightings from a field trip on September 1, 2002. The field trip location is the Mill Creek Wilderness, Ochoco National Forest, Crook County, Oregon. We started at Wildcat Campground, and

Notes on Ochre Ringlet Predation at Clatsop Plains While doing butterfly counts at the Pacific Corps goldenrod site I saw a Baldfaced Hornet grab an Ochre Ringlet in flight an kill it. It then took th

Here are the sightings for our most recent SFBA NABA Chapter field trip to Pinnacles National Monument, CA on 9/14 led by Paul Johnson, a wildlife biologist at the monument: Checkered White (20) Cabba

This field trip was at White River Falls State Park in Wasco County, Oregon on September 14. We hiked about 0.75 miles from the trailhead to the lower falls, then turned back. The Park is located on H

Adam, David and I went to Burleigh Murray State Park near Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County, CA last Thursday. Following is a list of species seen. The most remarkable butterfly was the apparently out o