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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
hannawackerDescription
larva on horsetail milkweed.
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American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)Observer
louiseinvaDescription
On Clustered mountain mint
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Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)Observer
louiseinvaDescription
On Clustered mountain mint
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Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)Observer
louiseinvaDescription
On Clustered mountain mint
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Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)Observer
nonenmacDescription
On cultivated Pycnanthemum muticum (Clustered Mountainmint) flower
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Clustered Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum muticum)Observer
shaunpogacnik95Place
Private
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Holarctic Azures (Genus Celastrina)Observer
kkruesiDescription
On Zizia aurea.
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European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)Observer
dleaon1Description
Lepidoptera on Golden Alexander flower
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Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)Observer
amoorehouseDescription
Found on golden alexanders in planted prairie.
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Grey Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)Observer
colleen99Description
back yard on golden alexander
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Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)Observer
louiseinvaDescription
Male (I believe) on Golden Alexander
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Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)Observer
adamsonDescription
On Zizia
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
jotto104Description
One male nectaring on flowers of golden Alexanders plants (Zizia aurea).
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Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)Observer
biophiliac55Description
Unknown moth/butterfly on flowering plant (Joe Pye Weed?)
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
louiseinvaDescription
For a species so common in VA, it really surprises me that this is the first one to ever appear in my pollinator garden which is full of milkweed plants. This one was here for a couple of days. then gone. It only visited a Joe Pye.
Surrounded by woods with a stream.
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Grey Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)Observer
mpelikanDescription
On Monarda punctata, in project plot.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)Observer
mpelikanDescription
On Monarda punctata, in project plot.
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Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)Observer
jacobfriendDescription
7 stems in one location but no other plants observed nearby, always a bummer especially with how dry of a year it is...
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Turkey Tangle Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)Observer
aparrot1Description
I just love that common name! Turkey Tangle Frogfruit :-)
Link to confirmed observation in Monterey County: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105316037
Turkey Tangle Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) Native, perennial, sprawling, mat-like plant in the Vervain (Verbenaceae) family that grows in moist disturbed soils, pond edges. A.ka. frog fruit, sawtooth fogfruit, or turkey tangle. Peak bloom time: March-November. There are several subspecies.
Jepson eFlora: https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=37943
Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 305.
Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016, p. 280.
Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 203.
(one location on Fort Ord is Upper Pilarcitos Pond.)
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Corkystem Passionflower (Passiflora suberosa)Observer
kevinfaccendaDescription
large flowers
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Cream Violet (Viola striata)Observer
richardroysterDescription
Difficult to be sure.
