The photo shown above represents the caterpillars of California
Tortoiseshell as seen on mountain balm (Ceanothus velutinus) as seen
along the Stagman Ridge Trail #12 on the south side of Mt. Adams.........July
27, 2006.
![California Tortoiseshell, Western Tortoiseshell: Nymphalis californica](california/caltortoise1a.jpg)
The photo above shows a California tortoiseshell as seen on the ground along DNR K4000 on the southeastern flanks of Mt. Adams.........May 13, 2007.
- ![California Tortoiseshell, Western Tortoiseshell: Nymphalis californica](california/caltortoise3b.jpg)
Both photos of the adult California tortoiseshell butterflies
seen above were taken at Little Crater Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest
to the south of Mt. Hood...........August 9, 2006.
![Larvae of California Tortoiseshell, Western Tortoiseshell: Nymphalis californica](california/caltortoise2b.jpg)
The photo shown above represents the caterpillars of California
Tortoiseshell as seen on mountain balm (Ceanothus velutinus) as seen
along the Stagman Ridge Trail #12 on the south side of Mt. Adams............July
27, 2006.