This was the second most common butterfly I found on the flanks of Mt. Adams, right behind the Phyciodes pulchella (Field…
As soon as I was sure that I was looking at masses of Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur-flower Buckwheat) on my first trip to Mt.…
There are only a few blues that I can identify on sight, without having to go through David Droppers’ excellent…
The first time I ever found these pretty little blues was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…
Last Thursday I finally reencountered some members of a small, local population of Eastern Tailed Blues. To explain why this…
The taxonomy of species presently considered to be in the genus Callophrys is in flux. In fact it’s kind of…
This is by far the most abundant copper west of the Cascades, and the only copper that is found region…