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Post by thejsonboss on May 27, 2021 6:44:09 GMT -8
Made a trip out to CO to look for spring mountain leps which I found a decent amount of over several locations. Ft Collins area was strangely poor, but boulder was good. I saw a red fox carrying a magpie through the forest and that was magical. 5/22 - Jefferson Co, got chased out early by rain Callophrys polios Erynnis telemachus Euchloe ausonides Celastrina echo Celastrina lucia 5/23 - Jefferson Co Callophrys polios - 30+ Callophrys augustinus - 4 Callophrys eryphon - 2 Erynnis telemachus Euchloe ausonides Pontia sisymbrii Celastrina echo Celastrina lucia Polygonia gracilis Nymphalis antiopa 5/24 - Boulder Co Callophrys affinis - 2 Callophrys eryphon - 18 Callophrys mossii - 1 very worn Strymon melinus Celastrina echo Celastrina lucia Euchloe ausonides - 20+ Anthocharis julia - 1 Pontia sisymbrii - 1 Papilio multicaudata Papilio indra - 1 Aglais milberti - 1 Polygonia sp. - 10 5/25 - Larimer Co Celastrina lucia G. lygdamus - 2 Euchloe ausonides Pontia sisymbrii - 5 Colias philodice - 1 5/26 - Jefferson Co (overcast) Callophrys polios Callophrys spinetorum - saw 2 go off to mate in the trees and never come back Callophrys eryphon - 6 Celastrina echo Celastrina lucia Erynnis telemachus Hesperia juba - 1 Nymphalis antiopa Polygonia gracilis - 1 Papilio anise - 1
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Post by gaspipe on May 27, 2021 14:24:12 GMT -8
Great report keep updating
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Post by mikeh on May 27, 2021 18:24:53 GMT -8
your celastrina are almost certainly all echo, lucia is on the West slope. I am also surprised all your Euchloe were ausonides and you did not see any olympia.
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Post by thejsonboss on May 27, 2021 21:06:32 GMT -8
Yeah admittedly not entirely sure how to Id the azures that aren't strongly marked, just going based off of dark hw fringes like I see on boa. Some mis Id'd records on inaturalist also had me convinced they were mixed on the east slope.
Yeah not sure about Olympia, I netted almost every white I saw looking for julia and sisymbrii and never saw one.
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