Ntawm no yog ib tug txiv neej toj-topping Papilio zeliacon, los yog Anise swallowtail. No npauj npaim ntau hauv Pacific states thaj thiab tej zaum npaum li cas ntau tshaj li ib zaug yog tsis. Tom qab kev taw qhia txog fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), thiab txoj kev khiav tawm horticulture tom, cov anise swallowtail muab tuav li ib cov npauj npaim California heev. Kab tias ua ntej no cog overtook peb roadsides rau zelicaon tej zaum yuav muaj tau txwv kom cov Sierra foothills, tam sim no koj yuav nrhiav tau nws nyob lub vaj nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov xeev California. Txawm hais tias, tej yam zoo li mus ua reversing lawv tus kheej nyob rau yav qab teb uas cov npauj npaim no yog disappearing tawm ntawm cov chaw nyob CA. Tsis ntev los no qhia txog lub gypsy npauj rau lub Ventura/LA muaj tshwmsim insecticide txau regimes – tsis qhia qhov no yuav pom tau tus cab Tachinidae uas hlub loj leps. Tawm nyob rau ntawm ib sab ntug tebchaw sab hnub tuaj no tua yoov thiab hnyav txau lawm extirpated lub Imperial npauj (Eacles imperialis) los ntawm ntau qhov lawm mas tej zaum, ces nws sim feem ntau hais New.
Rau cov neeg uas tsis paub, cwj pwm toj-topping yog ib tug npauj npaim “huab tais cov roob” ntawm no yam. Ntau hom kab npauj npaim (cov lwm yam kab thiab muaj peev xwm tsim ib co npaub) yuav tsis tu ncua patrol lub peaks ntau tshaj plaws hauv cov khub niam txiv mus nrhiav kev coj cwj pwm. Ib co sau phau ntawv muab qhov no raws li tus cwj pwm lekking, Txawm li cas los “anthro”pomorphizing butterflies nrog rau lwm yam tsiaj zoo tsis yog yooj yim ua. Caug kom lwv rau saum cov ncov siab zoo tshaj txoj hauj lwm zoo, ntawm cov pojniam uas frequent qhov. Hauv kuv lub tsev lub xeev ntawm Illinois rov qab “peaks” los yog txawm toj yog nyob deb thiab ob peb in-between. Xwb, butterflies siv kev tsheb ciav hlau paths lossis muag vaj tse.
Kuv yees duab no npauj npaim nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav hauv San Francisco lub sij hawm tus 16th xyoo SF npauj npaim suav. Tom qab 5 hiking McLaren si kuv pawg tallied ib staggering kaum ob hom hawm. Nyob San Francisco muab tag nrho cov suav yog ib cov ntaub ntawv rhuav 24! ua li, tsis li impressive thiab depressing staggeringly tej zaum thaum koj saib muaj pes tsawg hom peb paub tias cov uas tau ploj…let alone dab tsi twb tsis paub hais tias cov. Yog tus paub zoo nco, ntawm no yog ib tug Xerces xiav (Glaucopsyche lygdamus xerces) uas yog nyob rau ntawm no hauv cov collections ntawm lub xeev California Academy of Sciences. Nyeem daim ntawv lo nrog “Lub peb hlis ntuj 20 1932, San Francisco”.
2010 Npauj npaim SF suav
Papilio rutulus – Tsov thaj
Papilio zelicaon – Anise Swallowtail
Battus philenor – Pipevine swallowtail
Pieris rapae – Zaub qhwv dawb
Euchloe ausonides – Marble loj
Colias eurytheme – Txiv kab ntxwv Sulphur
Strymon melinus – Gray Hairstreak
Ncha Celastrina – Ncha xiav
Plebejus acmon – Acmon Blue
Agraulis vanillae – Gulf Fritillary
Phyciodes pulchella – Teb Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta – Mylitta Crescent
Euphydryas chalcedona – Kuj tsis paub meej Checkerspot
Nymphalis californica – California Tortoiseshell
Vanessa virginiensis – Miskas Painted poj niam
Vanessa cardui – Painted poj niam
Vanessa annabella – Pojniam sab hnub poob
Vanessa atalanta – Liab Admiral
Junonia coenia – Buckeye
Coenonympha tullia california – California raug Ringlet
Pygrus communis – Hom Checkered Skipper
Hylephilia phyleus – Vog thiab Skipper
Polites sabuleti – Sandhill Skipper
Poanes melane – Umber Skipper
Tag nrho: 24 hom, 775 cov neeg
Zoo siab tau ntsib tus butteryfly suav tseem yuav. Thiab nws lub posts xws li qhov ib uas kuv xa rov qab rau hauv lub sij hawm.
Ua ib tug kas thiab haiv San Franciscan, kuv cov phooj ywg thiab kuv puas tau ntau hnub hikes ib ncig tej chaw zoo li Ft. Funsten, Ntoo thuv pas dej, thiab pas dej Merced, los yog ib txoj kev Brotherhood thiab qab Lowell tsev kawm ntawv no ua ntej qhov chaw tau qoos noob. Tab sis txawm tias thaum cov 70's, Kuv nco ntsoov cov hom kab npauj npaim twb tsis ntau. Yog hom lub Anise Swallowtail, ces txawm.
Lub Xerces xiav yog twb ploj mus ntev tiam sis, raws li cov me nyuam, Peb tsis xav tau yog hais tias nws twb tau ib tug me neeg nyob lingered, cas overlooked thiab tsis paub…peb yeej tsis pom nws 🙁
Puas yuav yog mas saib seb hom tau tsis ntev los no suav thiab piv nrog li cas kuv yuav nco ntsoov. Yuav tsum tau ntsuam xyuas tso tawm nyob rau hauv qhov website NABA. Cheers!
Cia li muab kho nrog rau ib daim ntawv teev – meant ua uas tam!
Kuv ho dhau lub caij ntuj sov ntawm Barbara raug backcountry nrog tus deb cia nrhiav tus ploj tag lawm unsilvered fritillary (atossa). Kuv thawj koom ruam koj yuav kwv yees li cas uas twb.
Tsaug tau muab kho dua. Muab sau kom NABA tsuas muaj faib rau ib tug nqi tes. Muab cov no yog compiled los ntawm kev siv zog pab dawb, Kuv pom tsis tseeb. Anyhow, Kuv nco ntsoov hla lub Mourning Cloak, Nymphalis antiopa (uas kuv sav ua ntej yog tseem). Thiab tam sim no muaj cov qhov Gulf Fritallary. Txwv tsis pub, yog, ib daim ntawv teev paub zoo heev.
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