After staying overnight in Twin Falls, I headed south as the sun was rising, for a beautiful drive to Wells, Nevada, where the north end of the Ruby Mountain Range rises up just southwest of town. An easy half hour drive brought me to the Angel Lake Campground where I saw and collected several butterflies in sagebrush-steppe habitat, before continuing up the road to Angel Lake, making several butterfly stops along the way. Afterwards I headed east to Wendover and drove across the Great Salt Lake Desert, then south to Orem for the night.
Angel Lake, Nevada
Papilio zelicaon Anise Swallowtail, 1 male
Papilio multicaudata Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail, 1 male
Pontia protodice Checkered White, 1 male, 1 female
Pontia beckerii Becker's White, 1 male
Colias eurytheme Orange Sulphur, 1 female
Satyrium behrii Behr's Hairstreak, 1 female
Satyrium californica California Hairstreak, 6+
Plebejus melissa Melissa Blue, 2 male
Icaricia lupini Lupine Blue, 1 male
Glaucopsyche piasus Arrowhead Blue, 1
Phyciodes pallida Pale Crescent, 1 male
Speyeria callippe Callippe Fritillary, 1 male
Limenitis weidemeyerii Weidemeyer's Admiral, 1 male
Cercyonis sthenele Great Basin Woodnymph, 10+
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| North end of the Ruby Mountains, just south of Wells, NV |
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| Ruby Mountains just south of Wells, NV |
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| Angel Creek Campground, about halfway up the mountains to Angel Lake |
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| Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Wildflowers next to the parking lot at Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Wildflowers next to the parking lot at Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Bright yellow paintbrush (species unknown) next to the parking lot at Angel Lake, Nevada |
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| Wildflowers next to the parking lot at Angel Lake, Nevada |
Squaw Creek Road east of Orem, Utah
Colias philodice Clouded Sulphur, 1 male
Plebejus melissa Melissa Blue, 1 male, 1 female
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| Pretty awesome! |
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| Looking towards the Bonneville Salt Flats from the viewing platform along the freeway |
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| Looking southeast across the salt desert |
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| Close-up of the salt and sand |
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| Close-up of the salt and sand |
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| Looking north (towards the Bonneville Salt Flats) over the salt desert from the viewing platform along the freeway |
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| Looking south over the salt desert from the viewing platform along the freeway |
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| View of Orem, Utah from the hills east of the city |
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