Santa Rita Mtns Fall

Date & Time: 
October 1, 2022 -
8:00am to 5:00pm
Meeting Place: 
TBD
Compiler: 
Mary Klinkel
Compiler Email: 
grizzledelfin@gmail.com

Last year this count was tops in the nation with 79 species found and an amazing 134,929 individuals recorded. The 15 mile diameter count circle includes Montosa, Madera, Florida, Box and Gardner Canyons along with the higher mountain trails accessed from Madera Canyon.

Please contact compiler Mary Klinkel if you wish to participate in this count. Everyone is welcome to participate!

 

 

Trip Butterfly Reports: 

A great day for all the counters!  Species seen:

  1. Pipevine Swallowtail                        Battus philenor  55
  2. Black Swallowtail                              Papilio polyxenes  6
  3. Western Giant Swallowtail             Heraclides rumiko  40
  4. Two-tailed Swallowtail                    Papilio multicaudata  12
  5. Chiricahua White                              Neophasia terlootii  2
  6. Checkered White                              Pontia protodice  14
  7. Orange Sulphur                                  Colias eurytheme  11
  8. Southern Dogface                            Colias cesonia  121
  9. Cloudless Sulphur                              Phoebis sennae  118
  10. Lyside Sulphur                                    Kricogonia lyside  1
  11. Boisduval's Yellow                            Eurema boisduvaliana  1
  12. Mexican Yellow                                 Eurema Mexicana  284
  13. Tailed Orange                                    Eurema proterpia  856
  14. Mimosa Yellow                                  Eurema nise  5
  15. Sleepy Orange                                   Eurema nicippe  33
  16. Dainty Sulphur                                   Nathalis iole  130
  17. Colorado Hairstreak                         Hypaurotis crysalus  2
  18. Gray Hairstreak                                  Strymon melinus  45
  19. Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak                 Strymon istapa  2
  20. Leda Ministreak                                 Ministrymon leda  25
  21. Western Pygmy-Blue                        Brephidium exile  17
  22. Marine Blue                                        Leptotes marina  77
  23. Ceraunus Blue                                    Hemiargus ceraunus  78
  24. Reakirt’s Blue                                     Hemiargus isola  90
  25. ‘Echo’ Spring Azure                           Celastrina ladon  101
  26. Acmon Blue                                        Plebejus acmon texana  2
  27. Fatal Metalmark                                Calephelis nemesis  15
  28. Arizona Metalmark                           Calephelis arizonensis  39
  29. Mormon Metalmark                         Apodemia mormo  1
  30. Palmer's Metalmark                         Apodemia palmeri  2
  31. American Snout                                 Libytheana carinenta  2,102
  32. Gulf Fritillary                                       Agraulis vanilla  16
  33. Variegated Fritillary                          Euptoieta claudia  45
  34. Theona Checkerspot                        Chlosyne theona  1 (+ caterpillars)
  35. Bordered Patch                                 Chlosyne lacinia  531
  36. Elf                                                         Microtia elva  5
  37. Tiny Checkerspot                               Dymasia dymas  18
  38. AZ Checkerspot                                  Texola perse  14
  39. Texan Crescent                                  Phyciodes texana  63
  40. Pearl Crescent                                    Phyciodes tharos  1 (new for count)
  41. Question Mark                                   Polygonia interrogationis  1
  42. Mourning Cloak                                Nymphalis antiopa  1
  43. American Lady                                   Vanessa virginiensis  318
  44. Painted Lady                                      Vanessa cardui  85
  45. Common Buckeye                             Junonia coenia  49
  46. ‘Dark’ Tropical Buckeye                   J.genoveva nigrosuffusa  47
  47. Red-spotted Purple                           Limenitis arthemis astyanax   35
  48. ‘Arizona’ California Sister                Adelpha bredowii  147
  49. Tropical Leafwing                             Anaea aidea  1
  50. Hackberry Emperor                          Asterocampa celtis  2
  51. Empress Leilia                                    Asterocampa leilia  204
  52. Tawny Emperor                                 Asterocampa clyton  22
  53. Nabokov's Satyr                                Cyllopsis pyracmon  59
  54. Red Satyr                                             Megisto rubricate  1
  55. Red-bordered Satyr                          Gyrocheilus patrobas  172
  56. Monarch                                              Danaus plexippus  16
  57. Queen                                                  Danaus gilippus  54
  58. White-striped Longtail                    Chioides catillus  1
  59. Arizona Skipper                                  Codatractus arizonensis  1
  60. Dorantes Longtail                             Urbanus Dorantes  322
  61. Acacia Skipper                                    Cogia hippalus  4
  62. Arizona Powdered-Skipper              Systasea zampa  12
  63. Mournful Duskywing                        Erynnis tristis  5
  64. Funereal Duskywing                         Erynnis funeralis  5
  65. Common/White Checkered-Skipper          Pyrgus communis/albescens  178
  66. Desert Checkered-Skipper               Pyrgus philetas  59
  67. Erichson's White-Skipper                 Heliopyrgus domicella  6
  68. Clouded Skipper                                Lerema accius  1
  69. Tropical Least Skipper                      Ancyloxypha arene  1 (new for count)
  70. Orange Skipperling                            Copaeodes aurantiacus  100
  71. Fiery Skipper                                       Hylephila phyleus  10
  72. Pahaska Skipper                                 Hesperia pahaska   3
  73. Sheep Skipper                                    Atrytonopsis edwardsii  4
  74. Eufala Skipper                                    Lerodea eufala  14
  75. Violet-clouded Skipper                    Lerodea arabus  2
  76. Arizona Giant-Skipper                      Agathymus aryxna  9