On recommended butterfly guides for this area: Bob (Robert Michael) Pyle's
"Butterflies of Cascadia" is clearly the best for Washington and Oregon. I
would recommend this very attractive book to anyone that might enjoy
learning about our butterflies or might just enjoy looking at the great
photos or showing the photos to kids or adults.

My first butterfly sighting for the year was a Satyr Anglewing - Polygonia
satyrus on the sunny warm morning of March 12 at Camp Long in West Seattle.
On the same day A friend saw a Mourning Cloak in better habitat for that
species (sunny forest edge or glade by a creek with willows). I sighted a
second probable anglewing which I wildly chased as it rapidly flew over a
prairie SE of Tacoma 2 days ago (Sunday), but I lost sight of it before I
got a good look as it flew over the Scot's Broom.

These 2 along with other close relatives in the Nymphalini tribe -
especially the Anglewings (Polygonia sp. and Tortoiseshells (Nymphalis sp. -
also the genus of the Mourning Cloak you saw) should be flying every day for
a few months when it is sunny and warm enough and not too windy.

Keep the butterfly sightings coming

Stewart Wechsler
Ecological Consulting
West Seattle
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Andrich

Hi Tweeters,

On this first day of spring I saw a very pretty
butterfly ...
It was interesting enough I might get a book, any
suggestions?
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