Observation date: March 29, 2026
Submitted by: camflies
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Seen feeding on milkvetch along the trail about 1 mile beyond the Boy Scout Camp gate in the Lockwood Valley. Is this the Sierra Madre Mountains Metalmark?
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: March 31, 2026
Coordinator notes: Yes, this is the Sierra Madre population currently being called davenporti, but in series these are quite distinctively more blackish and should eventually get a name of their own...I should know, I'm Ken Davenport
By the way, you discovered a new colony.
