Mono Hot Springs (elevation 6650 foot) is up in Sierra National Forest northeast of Fresno California on 168 which is a dead end road that ends at Thomas A Edison Lake elevation 7700 foot. Along the way up there you pass Shaver Lake (elevation around 5000 foot), then Huntington Lake (elevation around 6500 foot), Kaiser Pass (elevation about 7800 foot) then you drop down to the South Fork of the San Joaquin River to the hot springs. We also checked out the San Joaquin River below Millerton Lake (elevation around 500 foot) which was very hot over 100 degrees compared to the 80s we saw in the mountains.

Here's the list all from Fresno County, CA during July 3 through July 8, 2002. Click on the links to see the photos and some details.

Clodius Parnassian, Parnassius clodius (found 7-8 on July 8 just above Huntington Lake)
Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus (common)
Pale Swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon (common)
Mustard White, Pieris napi (seen 2 in flight below Millerton Lake on July 8, both were pure white and checking out mustard plants, assumed both were females from behavior)
Cabbage White, Pieris rapae (common below Millerton Lake and Shaver Lake)
Sara Orangetip, Anthocharis sara (found 3-4 on July 8 just above Huntington Lake)
Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme ( few here and there)
Colias Albino (one on July 8 just below Millerton Lake)
Colias Species ( 2 on mountain side above Huntington Lake, not Orange Sulphur)
Sylvan Hairstreak, Satyrium sylvinus (one near Shaver Lake another at Mono Hot Springs)
Hedgerow Hairstreak, Satyrium saepium (one near Shaver Lake)
Brown Elfin, Callophrys augustinus (2 below Shaver Lake)
Thicket Hairstreak, Callophrys spinetorum (one on shore in mud at Edison Lake)
'Nelson's ' Juniper Hairstreak, Callophrys gryneus nelsoni (worn and common at Shaver Lake, one at Mono Hot Springs)
Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus (2 on mint below Millerton Lake)
Western Tailed-Blue, Everes amyntula (2 at Millerton Lake, 3 below Shaver Lake)
Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon (not 100% as some photos turned out to be other blues)
Northern Blue, Lycaeides idas (=argyrognomon ) (Shaver Lake)
Greenish Blue, Plebejus saepiolus (common)
Boisduval's Blue, Plebejus icarioides (above Huntington Lake and Kaiser Meadow)
Shasta Blue, Plebejus shasta (one in mud above Huntington Lake on July 8)
Acmon Blue, Plebejus acmon (Millerton, Mono and above Huntington Lake)
Arctic Blue, Agriades glandon (Mono and Edison Lake)
Mystery Blues page
Zerene Fritillary, Speyeria zerene (High Sierra meadow above Edison on July 7)
Hydaspe Fritillary Speyeria hydaspe (below Shaver Lake)
Great Basin Fritillary, Speyeria egleis(High Sierra meadow above Edison on July 7)
Pacific Fritillary, Boloria epithore
Northern Checkerspot, Chlosyne palla
Hoffmann's Checkerspot, Chlosyne hoffmanni (several above Huntington Lake, one at Mono)
Field Crescent, Phyciodes campestris
Mountain Crescent, Phyciodes campestris montanus
Hoary Comma, Polygonia gracilis (2 on mints above Huntington Lake on July 8)
Mourning Cloak,Nymphalis antiopa (common)
Tortoiseshell species (at Mono flew in cruised but never landed, big as a Mourning Cloak)
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta (3 in San Francisco only)
Common Buckeye, Junonia coenia (below Shaver Lake and at Mono)
Lorquin's Admiral, Limenitis lorquini (One or two here and there)
Monarch, Danaus plexippus (one or two at each location)
Mexican Cloudywing, Thorybes mexicana (one above Huntington and one at Edison Lake)
Persius Duskywing, Erynnis persius (in mud at Shaver Lake)
Duskywing species (below Shaver Lake juvenal's sized)
Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus (one at Millerton on buttonbush)
Common Branded Skipper, Hesperia comma (common at Mono & Edison Lake)
Sonoran Skipper, Polites sonora (common)
Skipper species

I used my Canon D30 digital camera, 180mm lens, 550EX flash to take these photos and a Dell Laptop to review the images each day.

Randy Emmitt