Observation date: May 05, 2020
Submitted by: Cactuswren1976
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Flying and alighting on the damp earth of the trail; possibly picking up moisture and minerals.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 23, 2020
Coordinator notes: This appears to be a Rocky Mountain Duskywing which occurs at that elevation in the Rocky Mountains. I have collected the Dreamy Duskywing at Hyde Park back in June 1980 but your individual has white spots which rule that out. I lived in Santa Fe briefly as a teenager but before I had a car so was dependent on my parents to get up in those mountains. My last trip there found the mountains closed to tourists in 2018 because of fire danger.-Ken Davenport
