No Blues for Ellis’ Blue
© Steven J. Cary, December 23, 2024 In my last post of 2024, I’m putting back out to you my […]
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New Mexico Butterflies
Steve Cary’s blog about butterflies of New Mexico.
What’s In a Scientific Name?
In this post we feature Mike Toliver’s fascinating write-up about scientific names and nomenclature among butterflies. And I’m delighted to announce that the Butterflies of New Mexico can now be searched for individual butterfly names: common (English) names as well as scientific (Latin) names.
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Beauties on Beasts
Do you recall back in July when Tom Duval, the original instigator, sent us down this path of necrophagy in butterflies?
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More on Butterfly Names
What Else is in a Name? by Marta Reese. A four-hour drive followed by miles of bushwhacking up steep slopes through head-high vegetation and over dead tree trunks should be rewarded, preferably with a new-to-me butterfly species.
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Butterfly Ecstasy in August
Hira Walker’s fabulous videos, Anisha Sapkota’s highlights from chasing butterflies in eastern NM, Marc Bailey chases Colorado Hairstreaks, and Jim Von Loh makes art in the mud.
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What’s In a Name?
In this month’s post we feature Mike Toliver’s timely article on common/English names. I sprinkle in some of my interesting July photos. First, here are some tidbits and announcements which I hope will grab your attention.
Magnificent to Macabre
Some recent fun stories and a couple of interesting tidbits from the butterfly world of New Mexico and elsewhere.
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A Spring Interlude in Southern AZ and CA
Somehow it came to be June. How did that happen? This month we have an announcement, a nice story about Stanfords’ Blue by Joshua C’deBaca, and a couple travel stories from yours truly.
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It’s Spring and Butterflyers are Getting Busy
A couple of brief but important announcements and then a wonderful surprise out of Portales.
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