Some of you may have noticed that I was intent on getting photos of a butterfly when we stopped at Klare Spring.
Butterflies and Moths of North America (
www.butterfliesandmoths.org), is a website where anyone can submit butterfly photos for identification by experts. Confirmed sightings are placed on a map. The information is interesting, and useful for ecologists.
I got a confirmation on my sighting this morning. It is the sagebrush checkerspot (Chlosyne acastus). You can see the species account at:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/spec ... ne-acastus And my individual record at:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sigh ... ls/1072240Ken Davenport, the expert who identified it, had some cool information:
"Your record is a good one as it is in Death Valley National Park and is the LATEST record ever for acastus subspecies neumoegeni in California and I'll publish it in the 2015 Season Summary."
If you take good closeup photos, you could submit sightings too. It's fun!