Observation date: June 20, 2025
Submitted by: ezeemonee
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: On patch of Sulphur Buckwheat on NW face of San Rafael Mountain between 5500 and 6500 ft elevation. Sunny day in the 70’s F. These look similar to the ones on Mt Pinos. Swarms of these as well as probable Euphilotes glaucon on every small or large Sulphur Buckwheat patch on the mountain. Might be new records for Santa Barbara County.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: June 22, 2025
Coordinator notes: Looks like it! It could be a Santa Barbara County. I sent possible glaucon from Mt. Pinos to Nick Grishin to sequence. Did you happen to collect any of those apparent glaucon?-Ken Davenport
