[Tortoiseshells and Anglewings East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

A mourning cloak sunning on pearhip rose (Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana) leaves at Ochoco Forest Camp, Ochoco National Forest.........July 13, 2017.

A tattered mourning cloak as seen along the east bank of the John Day River downstream of Oregon Highway 206 in Cottonwood Canyon State Park.........April 9, 2016.

The photo above shows a tattered mourning cloak as seen at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge..........April 9, 2006. All photos on this page were taken at the same time and place.

A mourning cloak trying to blend in with a piece of lichen-encrusted basalt beneath it. When it saw me approaching, it leaned to one side, drying to press its body to the rock, evidently trying to make itself less visible. Photographed at Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge..........April 9, 2006.