Ob peb dluab ntawm kuv tus mothing lis xaus mus txawv tebchaws mus plhaub Creek, San Luis Obispo County. Yog thaum lub caij nplooj hlav ntawm tus ntug dej hiav txwv hab txhawb stunning, thiab tej kev rov tom qab twb packed nrog paj watchers. Muaj dozens ntawm peb tsev neeg tawm rau ib lis xaus tsav tsheb, ntau yam muaj packed su thiab zaum saib cov paj loj hlob. Thaum kuv zoo siab tau ntsib neeg enjoying rau tej kev zoo nkauj, nws saib nws puas lawv trampling yuav ua nyuab nyuab heev. Txawm li cas los, Yog xav paub ntau tus neeg yuav mus zoo siab qhov xwm, saib tsam ces yuav kis tau yooj yim. Cov paj tau ces kaj thiab tuab txoog yooj yim kom kub siab rau tej npaub, thiab tom qab ob peb teev kuv pib mus me ntsis snow-blind (los yog thaum nws yuav tsum txhis tau tam sim no paub, paj thiab dig muag). Ntawm no yog ob peb tsaug dawb mus ntes tau txoj kev zoo nkauj.
(ntau cov dluab tom qab tus so)
Most likely a Schinia species feeding here.
Heliothodes diminutiva
Heliolonche joaquinensis
Xanthothrix neumoegeni
Qhov no yog Adela thorpella, or a fairy moth. Note the incredibly long antennae.
The full list of Lepidoptera seen for the day:
Npaub
Heliothodes diminutiva(Noctuidae)
Heliolonche joaquinensis (Noctuidae)
Heliolonche modicella (Noctuidae)
Schinia crotchii (Noctuidae)
Schinia amaryllis (Noctuidae)
Schinia pulchripennis (Noctuidae)
Xanthothrix neumoegeni (Noctuidae)
Axenus arvalis (Noctuidae)
Achyra occidentalis (Crambidae)
Adela thorpella (Adelidae)
Butterflies
Danaus plexippus
Vanessa atalanta
Coenonympha tullia
Anthocharis sara
Colias eurytheme
Everes amyntula
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Plebejus acmon
Laj – another entomology blog, and a well-written, nicely-illustrated one at that. Beetles are my game, but I’ve noted a pretty moth or two.
Welcome to Nature Blog Network. Enjoyed your “Ntse heev ntawm qhov xovxwm” posts 🙂
Thank you for the welcome!
That shot of Xanthothrix neumoegeni is amazing!
How do you differentiate between Heliolonche joaquinensis and H. celeris? The pic in your goose chase post looks awfully similar to above.
Tseem, which gold flower is that in the 1st pic that looks like a river of gold? Carol Leigh stopped her wildflower hotsheet b/c of inconsiderate trampling. It’s too bad.
It’s all in the hindwings. H. joaquinensis has black wings with a white bar and H. celeris has orange wings with a yellow bar. They are also a few hundred miles apart in distribution.
I was just assuming that flower was L. californica. I didn’t look closer…