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Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve

Just south of the Town of Los Gatos, on the east side of the Lexington Reservoir, sits Sierra Azul, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's southernmost open space preserve. Translated Sierra Azul means "Blue Range." This Preserve encompasses more than 18,000 acres and is the District's ...more ↓

Pale Swallowtail 1
Papilio eurymedon
Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
Papilio rutulus
California Sister 3
Adelpha californica
Mylitta Crescent 4
Phyciodes mylitta
Variable Checkerspot 5
Euphydryas chalcedona
Red Admiral 6
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 7
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 8
Vanessa virginiensis
Mourning Cloak 9
Nymphalis antiopa
Common Buckeye 10
Junonia coenia
Large Heath 11
Coenonympha tullia
California Ringlet 12
Coenonympha tullia california
Callippe Fritillary
Speyeria callippe
Hedgerow Hairstreak 13
Satyrium saepium
Brown Elfin 13
Callophrys augustinus
Bramble Green Hairstreak 14
Callophrys dumetorum
Gorgon Copper 15
Lycaena gorgon
Echo Azure 16
Celastrina echo
Acmon Blue 17
Icaricia acmon
Acmon Blue 17
Plebejus acmon
Sara Orangetip 11
Anthocharis sara
Margined White 18
Pieris marginalis
Mormon Metalmark 19
Apodemia mormo
Annaphila diva 20
Three-striped Longhorn 21
Adela trigrapha
Honey Bee 22
Apis mellifera
Beaked Twig Gall Wasp 3
Disholcaspis plumbella
Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp 1
Callirhytis quercuspomiformis
Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp 23
Diplolepis polita
Spined Woodborer 24
Trichocnemis spiculatus
Australian Tortoise Beetle 25
Trachymela sloanei
Seven-spotted Ladybird 26
Coccinella septempunctata
Painted Meadow Grasshopper 3
Chimarocephala pacifica
Pallid-winged Grasshopper 25
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Red Gum Lerp Psyllid 27
Glycaspis brimblecombei
Manzanita Leafgall Aphid 21
Tamalia coweni
Common Water Strider 28
Aquarius remigis
Western Boxelder Bug 29
Boisea rubrolineata
Bordered Plant Bug 14
Largus californicus
Widow Skimmer 30
Libellula luctuosa
Blue Dasher 31
Pachydiplax longipennis
Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge 32
Rhopalomyia californica
Greater Bee Fly 33
Bombylius major

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