Summary of count on 5/24/2023
Total of 13 species.
9 species in transects:
- Acmon Blue
- Common Buckeye
- Common Ringlet
- Lorquin's Admiral
- Mournful Duskywing
- Painted Lady
- Pale Swallowtail
- Variable Checkerspot
- Western Tiger Swallowtail
Additional 4 species outside transect:
- Brown Elfin (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163699180)
- Northern Checkerspot
- Orange Sulphur
- Propertius Duskywing
Total butterflies in-transect
Woodland | 21 |
Serpentine | 7 |
Grassland | 9 |
Scrub | 16 |
Chaparral | 14 |
Riparian | 2 |
Total: 69
Weather: Sunny, temperature ranged from 62 to 65.
Start time at first transect: 13:13
End time at last transect: 15:54
Other items of note: osprey over Searsville lake and a southern alligator lizard on F. The lizard didn't move and initially appeared dead, but rapidly moved off trail in response to a gentle touch.