Friday afternoon bike ride.
#MtDiablo basking in the late-afternoon sun.
Highlights included:
* Seeing two young families with photographers out on the fire roads (probably taking pictures for their holiday cards)
* A tarantula crossing the road at #BorgesRanch
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Two Checkerspot Butterflies
We took a short hike up Mitchell Canyon at Mt Diablo State Park yesterday. Plenty of butterflies (swallowtails and checkerspots) and some wildflowers too. I couldn't quite figure out which variety these two were. The upper one looks like either a Leanira Checkerspot or a Variable Checkerspot. The lower one looks like a Northern Checkerspot.
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