Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT
18 June 2005
You can barely see part of its head poking out from under a leaf in the upper right part of the picture.
Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT
18 June 2005
During a one week trip to the Park City area, I was able to get out for a few days of butterflying in June, 2005. Many thanks to Todd Stout for pointing me in the right direction for some good leps. On the pages that follow are some of the photos (representing 32 butterfly species) I got during the trip. All were taken with a Nikon CoolPix 4500. Enjoy!
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Black-billed Magpies are common throughout the Northern Utah. |
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This Yellow-headed Blackbird was building a nest in the nature preserve below Jordanelle Dam. |
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Some kind of cicada checks out my finger. Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005 |
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same bug |
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Likely a young Western Garter Snake. You can barely see part of its head poking out from under a leaf in the upper right part of the picture. Big Springs Hollow, Utah Co., UT 18 June 2005 |
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Four-spotted Skimmer Jordanelle Reservoir, Wasatch Co., UT 15 June 2005 |
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same as above |
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some type of long horned beetle Lambs Canyon, Salt Lake Co., UT 16 June 2005 |
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Todd Stout spies a butterfly... |
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Extracting the quarry... |
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It's a Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)! It decides to hang out with Todd a bit before fluttering off again. |
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Here I am shooting pics of Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia brenda). Photo by Todd Stout. |
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Neat little wasp nest, a little smaller than a baseball. |
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One of the false morels (Gyromitra sp.) (Thanks Chrystie Smith!) Wasatch Co., UT 15 June 2005 |
Utah Lepidopterist Society website, a great resource for butterfly info in Utah.
Created on ... June 28, 2005 | Update on ...June 28, 2005 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com