California Butterflies

East Lake, Oakland, Alameda County, CA, USA

Date	9/30/2026, 10:37:45 PM
Duration	50 minutes
Surveyors	@kueda.net
Surveyors	1
Coordinates	37.80445764592809, -122.24836418818849
Protocol	California Butterflies

Remarks

Warm, a bit windy. Tortoiseshells were distant and moving fast between houses, to dark and fast for monarchs or gulf frits.

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Targets (8 / 256)

• Unknown Skipper (family Hesperiidae)
  1
• Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)
  5
• Common Checkered-Skipper and Allies (complex Burnsius communis)
  3
• California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
  2
• Umber Skipper (Lon melane)
  3
• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
  7
• Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
  3
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
  4