Butterflies of California's Journal

The 2022 Border BioBlitz is a community science effort to record as many species as possible along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers and collaborating organizations invite researchers and community members to document the stunning biological diversity of the borderlands.

The Border BioBlitz 2022 will run the entire month of April and until May 2nd!

https://nextgensd.com/border-bioblitz-2022/

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/border-bioblitz-2022

One of the most striking and recognizable butterflies found in the Tehachapi Mountains has dusky wings edged with a cream-colored border, which is followed by a narrow black strip bearing a path of small azure spots like blue stepping stones in a dark creek. These distinctive beauties are known as Mourning Cloaks.

https://www.tehachapinews.com/lifestyle/pen-in-hand-mourning-cloak-a-distinctive-and-exceptional-butterfly/article_c2e7e7be-c4ce-11ec-af2e-bffd84a4affc.amp.html