A slideshow of spring flowers photographed on a couple quick trips in the last month or so. The most interesting part were the butterflies, some of which I had not photographed before: California Tortoiseshell and Mylitta Crescent. A couple of moths were also seen and identified, thanks to BugGuide.net. One of them, Pyrausta dapalis, was not close, and since my bird lens was not attached to my camera, a poor photo was obtained. When I was watching it, I thought I was watching a tiny red butterfly – which did not make sense, because the smallest butterfly in the world is Western Pygmy Blue. After looking at the photo, it was obvious that the red color was only on the hind-wing of a moth (photo #8 in slideshow).

The post has to be short with just one photo, because of other time demands. The slideshow has 47 photos.

(Figueroa Mountain – Early spring flowers)

Slideshow

• Click here to view slideshow of early spring