Papaj Gallery, Field Sites

Field Sites in Arizona

Our butterfly work takes place mainly on the Santa Rita Experimental Range in Santa Cruz County. Our walnut fly work starts low in the foothills of many of the Sky Island mountain ranges such as the Huachucas and moves to higher elevations such as Carr Canyon as summer progresses. Bumble bee field work has taken place mainly on Mt. Lemmon in Tucson's Santa Catalina Mountains (not shown).
	Heather Mallory surveys A. watsonii host plants on the Santa Rita Experimental Range
	A view from the top into Carr Canyon, a site in Huachuca Mountains where Rhagoletis boycei is found
	Ocotillos in leaf following monsoon rains on the Santa Rita Experimental Range
	The main pipevine swallowtail site, Pasture 1, is visible in this aerial shot as a triangular yellow patch in upper left at foot of Santa Rita Mountains
	Pasture 1 in summer before monsoon rains have begun. The yellow straw is mainly Lehmann's lovegrass, an introduced species.
	A walnut tree near the Canelo Hills where Rhagoletis juglandis is plentiful.
	A view in the San Rafael Valley looking northwest, with the Santa Rita Mountains far in the distance.

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Aerial photo of SRER by Bill Cable. All other photos by Dan Papaj.