Wednesday, February 20, 2008

South Dakota & Wyoming Leps





















































Here are some various bug photos I took from late June to late July in western South Dakota (Black Hills and the plains of Harding County) and the Bighorn Mountains of northern Wyoming. I've labeled [SD] for pics taken in Black Hills, and [WY] for those taken in the Big Horns of Wyoming.

1. Oslar's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari) [SD]
2. Checkered White (Pontia protodice) [SD]
3. Edith's Copper (Lycaena editha) [WY]
4-7. Oslar's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari) [SD]
8-10. Draco Skipper (Polites draco) [WY]
11-12. Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea) [WY]
13-17. Mariposa Copper (Lycaena mariposa) [WY]
18-19. Edith's Copper (Lycaena editha) [WY]
20-21. Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior) [WY]
22. unknown moth [WY]
23-24. Mariposa Copper (Lycaena mariposa) [WY]
25. Greenish Blue (Plebejus saepiolus) [SD]
26. Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) [SD]
27. Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) [SD]
28. unknown underwing moth [SD]
29. Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii) [WY]
30. Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) [SD]
31. Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus) [SD]
32. Garita Skipperling (Oarisma garita) [SD]
33. Boisduval's Blue (Plebejus icarioides) [SD]
34. duskywing sp. (Erynnis sp.) [SD]
35. Siva Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus siva) [SD]
36. duskywing sp. (Erynnis sp.) [SD]
37-38. unknown skipper (Lerema accius??) [SD]
39-41. Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus) [SD]
42. Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) [SD?]
43. duskywing sp. (Erynnis sp.) [SD]
44. Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) [SD]
45-46. Juba Skipper (Hesperia juba) [SD]
47. Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymel) [SD]
48. Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus) [SD]
49. Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus) [SD]
50. Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops) [SD]
51. Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida) [SD]
52. Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma) [SD]

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