Gumboot Lake and Shasta River at Hudson Road, Siskiyou County - 5/26/07

Young male American Emerald - Gumboot Lake (GL).

Teneral male American Emerald before first flight (GL).

Teneral female American Emerald with spider (GL).

Close-up crop -- note bubble of fluid; body fluid from spider bite?

Teneral Emerald on rock with exuvia -- Little Gumboot Lake.

Cabbage White on phlox -- wet meadow near Gumboot Lake.

Same as above.

Same.

Spring White.

Same individual.

Same -- note underwing pattern, most visible on this photo.

Bramble Hairstreak -- below Little Gumboot Lake.

Bramble Hairstreak -- laying egg? -- crop from a different photo of same butterfly.

Brown Elfin -- below Little Gumboot Lake.

Close-up.

Closer-up. Incredible how many colors a "drab" elfin can have.

Variable Checkerspot at Shasta River (SR).

Same Checkerspot.

Persius (?) Duskywing -- GL, other individuals below. These were frequenting an area of exposed soil at the edge of the lake.

Persius (?) Duskywing -- GL.

Persius (?) Duskywing -- GL.

Persius (?) Duskywing -- GL.

(?) Skipper -- GL.

Same Skipper -- GL.

Common Branded (?) Skipper - (SR).

Close-up.