Ferndale Trail, Routt County, Colorado 2009
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele charlotti) female |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele charlotti) female |
Looking west on the Ferndale Trail |
Kim stalking a butterfly |
Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene sinope) male |
Mariposa Lily (Calochortus gunnisonii) |
Green Lacewing |
Beautiful High Mountain Meadow |
Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus immaculosus) |
Geyer Larkspur (Delphinium geyeri) |
White-striped Black moth (Trichodezia albovittata) |
view from the trail |
Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea rava) male |
Blue Copper (Lycaena heteronea rava) male |
Great Basin Fritillary (Speyeria egleis secreta) male |
Mike on the trail |
unknown beetle |
Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta selenis) female |
Mariposa Lily (Calochortus gunnisonii) |
Northern Checkerspot (Chlosyne palla flavula) |
Northern Checkerspot (Chlosyne palla flavula) |
view from the trail |
Whipple's Penstemon (Penstemon whippleanus) |
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis drusius) |
A riot of wildflowers |
Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum) |
Hera Buckmoth (Hemileuca hera) |
Hera Buckmoth (Hemileuca hera) |
unknown beetle |
Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis electa) male |
Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis electa) male |
view from the trail |
beautiful seed pods |
Large Marble (Euchloe ausonides coloradensis) |
Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene sinope) female |
Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene sinope) male |
view from the trail |
another riot of wildflowers |
Tiger Moth (Parasemia plantaginis) |
Giant Lousewort (Pedicularis grayii) |
beautiful seeds ready to float away |
unknown dragonfly |
ferns and wildflowers |
Dorcas Copper (Lycaena dorcas castro) female |
Dorcas Copper (Lycaena dorcas castro) female |
Monument Plant (Frasera speciosa) |
White Lupine? |
Hydaspe Fritillary (Speyeria hydaspe rhodope) female |
beautiful seeds ready to float away |
view from the trail |
small green orchid |
Lilac-bordered Copper (Lycaena nivalis browni) |
Boisduval's Blue (Icaricia icarioides pembina) |
another riot of wildflowers |
Eurpoean Skipper (Thymelicus l. lineola) |
Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis w. weidemeyerii) |
view from the trail |
Lilac-bordered Copper (Lycaena nivalis browni) male |
Monument Plant (Frasera speciosa) |
Hedgerow Hairstreak (Satyrium saepium provo) |
Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene sinope) male |
seed pods ready to go |
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |
Near Rabbit Ears Pass |