Yuba Pass/Sierra Nevada Field Campus

Located just up the road from Bassett's Station on Hwy 49, this Field Campus - owned by San francisco State University - has become a part of my Count Session for a decade now. One of the Rites of Passage for any
new Californian Lepidopterist is Paul Opler's "Butterflies of the High Sierra"
class taught here ever year and was my first exposure to this incredible place. The class is out in the field all day with Dr. Opler and his wife Evi
and ultimately sees and learns over 80 species in five days.
A few years back I expanded my entomological knowledge by taking Dr. John Hafernik's "Entomology of the Sierra" - also a fantastic class. Something so great about being afield all day then coming back to having a full meal prepared for you!
I continue to go each season to partake in the YUBA PASS Butterfly Count.
It's always slightly frustrating to step up to the 8 species of Speyeria
blasting about that one doesn't deal with for the rest of the year, but the beauty and the spirit of everyone there is magical.
Worked on my High Sierra wildflowers this year. The meadow near my tent was a magnificent classroom for this new focus.
My favorite moment this season: at a moth sheet/light with Dr. Jerry Powell learning my aquatic insects...and slaughtering my Latin. I'm bravely moving into moth Genera and he puts up with my constant mistakes, but laughs at my jokes.
The focus for years has been Lepidoptera but iNaturalist has opened up my eyes to all the other stupendous nature in this High Sierra wonderland.

Publicado el miércoles, 10 de julio de 2013 a las 03:19 PM por robberfly robberfly

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robberfly

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Julio 2013

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Host on Shooting Star...
YUBA PASS meadow.
Females slate gray (second shot)

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 03:55 PM PDT

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Milkweed in perfect bloom...

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 03:55 PM PDT

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On the milkweed..

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Marmota de Vientre Amarillo (Marmota flaviventris)

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 03:53 PM PDT

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Almost looked like he was warming himself on the road...

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Polilla de la Seda (Hyalophora euryalus)

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 05:50 PM PDT

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Larva. Entomologist had collected it at the Field Station.

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 09:15 PM PDT

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Spectacularly creepy creature. Lifted its head off the sheet when I shot this. Read later they display their mandibles when threatened.

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 09:59 PM PDT

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Polilla Manchada de Pasto (Lophocampa maculata)

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 10:29 PM PDT

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 10:51 PM PDT

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robberfly

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Julio 5, 2013 a las 10:23 PM PDT

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Notodotini
Feeds on poplar and willow

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 07:42 AM PDT

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Set out early in the morning before the Yuba Pass Butterfly Count to work on my wildflowers with a field guide.

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 09:31 AM PDT

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 10:40 AM PDT

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Main Speyeria seen all day.

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 11:41 AM PDT

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The most abundant Lycaenid seen this day.
Males mud puddling here. Female slate gray.

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robberfly

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Julio 2013

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One of the "oh-ah" species of this region. Can also be seen in the first few switchbacks up to the top of Lassen Peak.

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robberfly

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Julio 2013

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Uses Dwarf Mistletoe on pines/conifers...

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 10:27 AM PDT

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Entomologist John Hafernik helped with I.D:
Laphira astur?

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 10:26 AM PDT

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I'd seen them in southern Washington. Hadn't notice somehow they were on my state as well. Swallowtails adore them.

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Rana-de Coro del Pacífico (Pseudacris regilla)

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 11:57 AM PDT

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Not sure where they become "Northerns"
Crazy beautiful green.

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Mariposa Cometa Golondrina Pálida (Papilio eurymedon)

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robberfly

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Julio 6, 2013 a las 12:50 PM PDT

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I got incredibly close. The gorging insect oblivious to my presence.

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