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شیل کریک تک میرے ویک اینڈ موتھنگ ٹرپ کی چند تصاویر, سان لوئس اوبیسپو کاؤنٹی. وسطی ساحل کے ساتھ ابتدائی موسم بہار شاندار ہے۔, اور پچھلی سڑکیں پھول دیکھنے والوں سے بھری پڑی تھیں۔. ویک اینڈ ڈرائیو کے لیے گھر والوں کے زیر قبضہ درجنوں کاریں تھیں۔, many had packed lunches and sat to watch the flowers grow. While I am happy to see people enjoying the natural beauty, it is difficult to see the damage their trampling can cause. تاہم, if more people could get out to appreciate nature, perhaps it would be easier to protect. The flowers were so bright and dense it was difficult to focus on moths, and after a few hours I started to go a little snow-blind (or as it shall forever be now known, flower-blind). Here are a few feeble attempts to capture the beauty.

Grinter Shell Creek

(more images after the break)

Grinter Schinia feedingMost likely a Schinia species feeding here.

Grinter Heliolonche joaquinensis Heliothodes diminutiva

Heliolonche joaquinensis

Grinter Xanthothrix neumoegeni Xanthothrix neumoegeni

Grinter Adela thorpellaThis is Adela thorpella, or a fairy moth. Note the incredibly long antennae.

Grinter Shell Creek

The full list of Lepidoptera seen for the day:

کیڑا

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)

تیتلیوں

Danaus plexippus

وینیسا اٹلانٹا

Coenonympha tullia

Anthocharis sara

کولیاس یوری تھیم

Everes amyntula

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

پلبیجس امون

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