[Crescents East of the Cascade Mts.]

Field Crescent

Phyciodes pulchellus

The photo above shows what might be a field crescent as seen on arrowleaf groundsel (Senecio triangularis) as seen in wet meadows several miles south of Hat Pt. in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area...................March 24, 2007.

The photo above shows a field crescent nectaring on woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum) as seen in meadows several miles south of Hat Pt. in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area...................July 10, 2007.

The photo above shows a field crescent nectaring on yarrow (Achillea millefolium) as seen in meadows several miles south of Hat Pt. in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area...................July 10, 2007.

Paul Slichter