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Early Fall California Patch in the East Mojave - Chlosyne californica
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Early Fall California Patch in the East Mojave - Chlosyne californica
Kelso Dunes, San Bernardino County, California, USA
September 22, 2012
Seen in early fall (one day after the equinox ;-) near Kelso Dunes, and after good monsoonal rains in preceding weeks.

This species seems to have a bimodal annual flight pattern in Spring (centered around April) and Fall (centered around late September/early October)...as suggested by (among other things) the phenology graph appearing on iNaturalist.

This one was visiting flowers of "sandpaper plant" (Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi) for nectar...but the larval host plant is Parish's Goldeneye (Bahiopsis parishii...formerly referred to as Viguiera parishii).

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 21 November, 2022 - 4:46pm

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