If you've been reading this blog - you know that I have a love for observing, photographing and identifying butterflies and this trip gave me the chance to pick up about twenty new species of butterflies. In Arizona - almost all the species you see would be life butterflies if you come from the great lakes region in the carolinian forest life zone.
One butterfly that I was hoping to photograph was a Two-tailed Swallowtail. I saw this butterfly several times in AZ - but sadly - I was unable to photograph it because they were always on the move!
I end here with a list of new butterflies that I had seen (there were many others that were not lifers, for example, Queen Butterflies, Pipevine Swallowtails, American Lady, and Common Sootywings to name a few).
Butterflies from Southeast Arizona Birding Trip:
1-Texas crescent
2-Marine Blue
3-Fatal Metalmark
4-Elada checkerspot
5-Arizona powdered skipper
6-Mexican cloudywing
7-Desert cloudywing
8-Elada checkerspot
9-Bordered patch
10-Sleepy orange
11-Tailed orange
12-Cloudless sulpher
13-Common streaky skipper
14-Golden headed scallopwing
15-Rekirts Blue
16-Funereal Duskywing (Or Mournful?)
17-Canyonland satyr
18-Golden banded skipper
19-Dull firetip
20-Desert Checkered Skipper
21- Two tailed Swallowtail
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| Tailed Orange |
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| Sleepy Orange |
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| Funereal Duskywing |
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| Golden headed Scallopwing |
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| Texas Crescent |
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| Fatal Metalmark |
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| Common Streaky Skipper |
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| Arizona powdered Skipper |
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| Marine Blue |
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| Rekirts Blue |
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| Cloudless Sulphur |
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| Bordered Patch |
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| Golden-banded Skipper |
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| Dull Firetip Butterfly - A huge skipper! |
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| Checkered White |
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| Desert Checkered Skipper |
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| Mexican Cloudywing |
Good butterfly watching!
-Dwayne
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