All photographs ©2004-2007 by Mary Beth Stowe
Hairstreaks
Gray Hairstreak, TRV B&B Garden (AUG 06)
Male Gray Hairstreak (note the orange abdomen) along Montezuma Grade (AUG 07)
Another Gray Hairstreak, Border Field State Park (OCT 07)
California Hairstreak, with captured individual on right (Pine Creek Road, MAY 07)
Another California Hairstreak, same location (JUN 07)
Sylvan Hairstreaks (above and below) at Mission Dam (MAY 07)
More Sylvan Hairstreaks along the Santa Margarita River near Fallbrook (MAY 07)
Hedgerow Hairstreaks, with captured individual on left (Pine Creek Road, MAY 07)
More Hedgerow Hairstreaks (above and below) along the PCT southbound from Barrel Springs (JUN 07). Note the individual on the far left rubbing his hindwings and showing a bit of his rusty upperside!
Another Hedgerow Hairstreak with some odd white scaling along the PCT (JUN 07)
Female (left) and male Mountain Mahogany Hairstreaks along Pine Creek Road (JUN 07)
With a Gold-hunter's on the left (same location and date)
Female Gold-hunter's Hairstreak, Kitchen Creek Road (MAY 07)
Keeping company with a female Bernardino Blue (same location and date)
This strongly-marked individual had me leaning towards Hedgerow, showing how confusing they can be! (same location and date)
Male Gold-hunter's Hairstreaks, Pine Creek Road (MAY 07)
Captured female, same location and date
More Gold-hunter's (above and below), the female at left showing a bit of her rusty hindwing (same location, JUN 07)
Brown Elfin, Kitchen Creek Road (MAY 07)
Perplexing (Bramble) Hairstreak, Otay Mountain Road (FEB 07)
Fresher Perplexing Hairstreaks, along Cameron Valley (left) and Fred Canyon Roads (right, both MAR 07)
Sharing a flower with a Silvery Blue, Dough Flats, Los Padres NF (Ventura Co. - APR 07)
