Whenever I walk on this road that supplies access to Trestle Creek and Parker Creek Falls I always find something new to photograph.
The road is east of Cottage Grove and starts where a bridge crosses Brice Creek at the East Brice / Champion Creek trailhead.
Recent additions/editions:
Mylitta Crescentspot
Sunshine highlighting maples in mid-October
Catalogued the following - so far:
27 butterflies (2 fritillaries, 5 skippers, 2 eyespots, 2 swallowtails, 2 hairstreaks, 2 angle-wings, 3 whites, 2 coppers, 1 blue),
2 moths, 2 caterpillars, 1 beetle, 5 dragonflies, 17 plants, one garbage sack
Clodius Parnassian Butterfly (Parnassius clodius) - July
Plant: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
A variety of Flower Longhorn Beetle (TBD) tends to follow these butterflies to the best eats
Mylitta Crescentspot Butterfly ♂ ♀ (Phyciodes mylitta) - May/September
Edith's Copper Butterfly ♂ (Gaeides editha) - August
Plant: pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
This copper distinguishes itself from the others by its mottled or unfocused dots in the ventral view.
Tailed Copper Butterfly ♂ (Lycaena arota) - July
Lupine Blue Butterfly ♀ (Icaricia lupini)- July
Annaphila Casta Moth - May
Plant: candy flower (Claytonia sibirica)
I nickname this one "Tilde Moth" due to the curved black mark in the white area of its wing.
'Wild Forget-me-not' moth (Gnophaela latipennis) - June
Garden Tiger Moth caterpillar (Arctia caja) - May
Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillar (Isia isabella) - September
aka woolly bear caterpillar
Caterpillar is sauntering along left to right
Western Meadow Fritillary Butterfly (Boloria epithora chermocki) - May
Plant: woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Hydaspe Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria hydaspe) - August
Plant: woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
Faunus Anglewing Butterfly (Polygonia faunus) - July
aka Green Comma
California Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Nymphalis californica) - September
Get some pollen on you and it's good odds one of these will land on you
Well-camouflaged butterflies - they look like dead leaves with wings in ventral position
Blue and Yellow (discolor) forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor) - May
Menzie's Larkspur (Delphinium menziesii) - May
These are poisonous (skin irritant).
Margined White Butterfly (Pieris marginalis - Scudder 1861) - July
Veined White Butterfly (Artogeia napi) - June
Plants: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare); hairy cats's-ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Pine White Butterfly (Neophasia menapia) - August
Plant: pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) - June
These are poisonous (cardiac stimulant).
Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio rutulus - formerly Pterourus rutulus) - June
Over water, in flight and getting nectar from foxglove (no cardiac issues).
I am bound and determined to get that nectar.
Pale Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio eurymedon) - May
Nectar stop on foxglove, snakelily, ready to land and sunning itself on the road.
See the wing differences between it and its cousin above?
Great Basin Wood Nymph Butterfly (Cercyonis sthenele) - August
Great Arctic Butterfly (Oeneis nevadensis) - July
Snowberry Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas colon) - June
Plant: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Dual checkerspots in a duel for nectar
(seriously, they were dueling for that one blossum while other blossums are nearby)
Giant Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia grandiflora) - May
Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) - April
Tolmie Star Tulip (Calochortus tolmiei) - May
California Sister Butterfly (Adelpha californica - formerly bredowii) - July
You see a butterfly. Can you spot the grasshopper?
A California Sister can easily be confused with a Lorquin's Admiral (below) due to the admiralty stripes.
However, note the large area of orange on the forewings versus the Lorquin's Admiral narrower red border below.
Sunlight also highlights a blue-gray area on the Sister's forewings.
Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly (Basilarchia lorquini) - July, August
Trillium (Trillium ovatum) - April
Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) - May
St.-John's-Wort (Hypericum perforatum) - July
aka Klamath Weed
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) - July
Western White Anemone (Anemone deltoidea) - May
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly (Epargyreus clarus) - June
Plant: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Woodland Skipper Butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanoides) - July
Plants: pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea); hairy cats's-ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Arctic Skipper Butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon) - May
Persius Duskywing Skipper Butterfly (Erynnis persius) - August
Western Branded Skipper Butterfly (Hesperia colorado) - June
Plant: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Western Branded Skipper & Nelson's Hairstreak Butterfly - June
Unusual to have two different varieties of butterflies so near each other - one usually chases the other away.
Nelson's Hairstreak Butterfly (Callophryas nelsoni) - July
Plant: oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
This butterfly is very easy to photograph - just move slowly towards them - they don't spook easily.
Golden Hairstreak Butterfly ♀ (Habrodais grunus) - August
Plant: pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Yellow Leaf Iris (Iris chrysophylla) - May
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) - July
Due to their mandibles being large - relative to their head - it could be presumed that dragonflies
can bite people or pets. They only have enough force to chew on small insects (e.g., mosquitoes).
If you're lucky enough to have one land on your shoulder no mosquito will bother you.
Eight-spotted skimmer dragonfly ♂ (Libellula forensis) - July
With the dragonfly between you and the sun the wings take on a photographic negative appearance.
Grappletail Dragonfly (Octogomphus specularis) - August
Black Petaltail Dragonfly ♂ (Tanypteryx hageni) - August 2016
sitting on FR22 near the bridge over Brice Creek and in flight
Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly (Aeshna multicolor) - July
Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly ♂ (Sympetrum corruptum) - September
Large Flathead Pine Heartwood Borer Beetle (Chalcophora virginiensis) - July
As the name implies, this is a pest harmful to conifers.
When it flew towards me I swatted it down with my camera. Unknown if it was random chance or if they are aggressive.
Small unnamed waterfall on Brice Creek next to FR22
GPS: 43.6395, -122.6516, elevation above sea level 1965 ft.
Discarded cans, broken glass and other unwanted items alongside Forest Road 22
Please keep my Oregon clean.
