The Natural History of Foster City, California

by James K. Sayre

a draft manuscript

12 May 2005

Chapter 13 - Insects

Some common insects of the baylands:

Cabbage white butterfly Pieris rapae

Anise swallowtail butterfly Papilio zelicaon

Bumblebees

Honey bees

Beetles

Ladybird beetles

Hover flies (mimic bees)

Brine flies

Bugs

Butterflies and skippers:

Skippers (abundant in San Mateo County)

True skippers: Family Hesperlidae

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius

Mournful Duskywing Erynnis tristis

Common Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis

Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti

Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides

Umber Skipper Paratrytone melane

True Butterflies

Swallowtails: Family Papilionidae

Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio multicaudatus

Whites and Sulphurs: Family Pieridae

Cabbage Butterfly Pieris rapae

Large Marble Euchloe ausonides

Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme

Gossamer-winged Butterflies: Family Lycaenidae

Tailed Copper Lycaena arota

Great Copper Lycaena xanthoides

Green Hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum

Echo Blue Celastrina ladon echo

Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon

Brushfooted Butterflies: Family Nymphalidae

Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae incarnata

Satyr Anglewing Polygonia satyrus

American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubis

Buckeye Junonia coenia

Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta

Chalcedon Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona

Lorquin's Admiral Basilarchia lorquin

California Sister Adelpha bredowii californica

Satyrs and Wood Nymphs: Family Satyridae

California Ringlet Coenonympha california

Milkweed Butterflies: Family Danaidae

Monarch Danaus plexippus

Observations:

large butterfly with yellow wings fringed with black at top and bottom on 9/11/94 on FC levee at noon.

Note:

This is the only species of butterfly in the world that make regular seasonal migrations.

End.

Return to the home page of Bottlebrush Press: The homepage of Bottlebrush Press

This web page was recently created by James Sayre.

Author's Email: sayresayre@yahoo.com

Copyright 2005 by Bottlebrush Press. All Rights Reserved.

Web page last updated on 12 May 2005.