Observation date: May 12, 2013
Submitted by: sniechayev
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Riverside County, Lake Mathews area, May 12, 2013
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 20, 2013
Coordinator notes: No, not a Mormon Metalmark. Those fly only late summer and early fall. This is a close relative and I am familiar with Lake Mathews personally and know it is multi-brooded Apodemia virgulti that flies there. Mormon Metalmarks are single brooded and fly late in the season.
