3/9 – The first White of the season!
A Becker’s White, Pontia beckerii, was seen flying in Yakima on March 2 by Phil Bird, confirmed with a photo by David James. Overwinters as a chrysalis.
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3/6 – Two Butterflies Sightings West of Cascades
Butterflies have been flying west of the Cascades in Washington…when it isn’t raining: March 4, Jerry Austin is 90% certain that the orange butterfly he saw near Matthew’s Beach, Seattle, was a California Tortoiseshell, N. californica. March 4, Tanna Knouse…
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3/2 – More Butterfly Sightings
A lot was happening at the end of last week. A few more sightings from that same time frame are below. We now have reported butterfly sightings in the north, south and eastern parts of our state. So far nothing…
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3/4 – Seattle Meeting 7 pm -“Seasonal Migration of Speyeria Coronis” with Jon Pelham
“SEASONAL MIGRATION OF SPEYERIA CORONIS: THERE AND BACK AGAIN – A DIFFERENT SORT OF BUTTERFLY MIGRATION” with Jonathan Pelham Please join us for a sure-to-be-interesting and always entertaining presentation by one of our finest butterfly experts. 7:00 socializing, 7:15 meeting and ZOOM broadcast…
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2/29 – FOY Butterflies
Butterflies Are Flying in Washington After the gloom of the past several months, our recent few days of sun have brought out sign of spring in flowers and butterflies. For a short amount of time to help get our…
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