Coenonympha california
(Common Ringlet)
Vanessa annabella
(West Coast Lady)
On common lanender
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
Mating pair
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
On lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Ochlodes sp.
On brick of keyhole garden.
Papilio eurymedon
(Pale Swallowtail)
On Red Valerian
Associated Species: Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
On raspberry leaf
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
22 Jun 2024
On white clover flowers in front (un-mowed) yard.
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
On Red Valerian in front garden
Associated Species: Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
On
Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
Papilio sp.
Subgenus Pterourus
(Common Swallowtails)
On
Hesperis matronalis flowers
Associated Species: Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
On Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Confirmed by Merrill Peterson, the of Pacific Northwest Insects
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
Coenonympha california
(Common Ringlet)
On east wall of the house,
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
First butterfly of the year - at least that I've seen so far in the yard.
Vanessa atalanta
(Red Admiral)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Tharsalea sp.
Subgenus Epidemia
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Melitaeini
(Checkerspots)
21 Jun 2023
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio sp.
Subgenus Pterourus
(Common Swallowtails)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
On Dandelion flower
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Vanessa atalanta
(Red Admiral)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Colias sp.
(Clouded Yellows)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
6mm. On wax currant (Ribes cereum) leaf.
I captured this one and put it in a petri dish. After examining it under a microscope, I'm pretty sure it's a third instar Satyr Comma larvae.
(I used "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies" by David Ja ...
Papilio eurymedon
(Pale Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio multicaudata
(Two-tailed Swallowtail)
Pieris sp.
(Garden Whites)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
On the side of the shed. 17 mm
Nymphalis californica
(California Tortoiseshell)
Nymphalis antiopa
(Mourning Cloak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Tharsalea helloides
(Purplish Copper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Burnsius communis
(New World Checkered-Skippers)
Hesperia juba
(Juba Skipper)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Celastrina asheri
(Asher's Blue)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio multicaudata
(Two-tailed Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Coenonympha california
(Common Ringlet)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Vanessa annabella
(West Coast Lady)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
On a raspberry leaf
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Colias eurytheme
(Orange Sulphur)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Associated Species: Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)