Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

The American Copper is a beautiful little gem that flies in MD in late June and early July. My first sight of one here was in summer 2006, but July 2007 yielded a bumper crop. There were about 25 sightings, including one at Watkins Park in Mt. Airy, one in Lisbon, and multiple in northern Carroll Co.

Species description
Will Cook's Shots
My Shots


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Schalk Rd, Carroll Co. 7/4/2007
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Schalk Rd, Carroll Co. 7/4/2007
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Watkins Park, Carroll Co. 6/30/2007
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Egg laying!
Watkins Park, Carroll Co. 6/30/2007

1 comment:

Nickidewbear said...

Dude, I'm 17; a former student of yours, and going, "Why leave the personal info?" Cool comments and good intentions; but at any age and in any vocation, you should not give the really personal info online. A/S (or G, for gender)/L (location, state) is fine; but you don't want to mention Mt. Airy, etc.