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Goosefoot Violet (Viola purpurea)Observer
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Several on the slope above the cross.
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Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)Observer
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Ovipositing in dirt road
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)Observer
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Female nectaring at radish
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Litocala Moth (Litocala sexsignata)Observer
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Many at mud here.
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Observer
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Super-abundant in this small corner of the cow pasture. Both sexes out, vast majority fresh.
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Migratory Monarch (Danaus plexippus ssp. plexippus)Observer
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Fresh male
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West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)Observer
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Two different individuals shown. Males, but females here too. Matt Forister believes these are threatened, but they are thriving and abundant in the middle of urban San Pedro in south Los Angeles.
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)Observer
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Delicately built male
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Umber Skipper (Lon melane)Observer
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Ovipositing female
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)Observer
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Another male. Rather blunt wing shape.
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)Observer
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Immaculate male at purple lantana
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)Observer
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Very worn male at purple lantana.
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Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)Observer
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Male nectaring on Jupiter's Beard. Also a worn female here.
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)Observer
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Female nectaring on Jupiter's Beard. Several.
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Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)Observer
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Worn male nectaring on some kind of Rosaceae in deep canyon.
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Migratory Monarch (Danaus plexippus ssp. plexippus)Observer
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A big fat last instar on native A. subulata. What do you know, it's the climate and not the species of milkweed.
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Migratory Monarch (Danaus plexippus ssp. plexippus)Observer
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Mint fresh male. Medium sized
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Migratory Monarch (Danaus plexippus ssp. plexippus)Observer
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Nectaring on radish
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California Mustard (Caulanthus lasiophyllus)Observer
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Several along side of road
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Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes ssp. asterius)Observer
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Male
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Burgess’s Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo ssp. burgessi)Observer
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Male
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Burgess’s Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo ssp. burgessi)Observer
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Male
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)Observer
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Last instar larva on pellitory-of-the-wall.
It is pupa on right.
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West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)Observer
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4th instar larva on cheeseweed, Malva parviflora. Matt Forister of NV believes these are threatened, yet here they are thriving along a grungy street in the warehouse district of east Los Angeles.
It is pupa on left. Spread adult is shown too.
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Marcellina Sulphur (Phoebis marcellina)Observer
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Female
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Marine Blue (Leptotes marina)Observer
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Winter form female with ventral white band
