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The first photo is the Milbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly on what I think is blooming raspberry, the second shows the habitat it was in, at the time an old growth Engelmann Spruce forest with some Corkbark Fir, with regeneration of the spruce in the cut over areas along the then jeep trail just below High Peak. Elevation was around 10,500 ft.

I wanted to document that this species was there before the telescope construction and catastrophic fires, and also hopefully generate some comments as to whether the species is still present there. I believe this area has been off limits to the public since the late 1980s for the endangered Red squirrel which I also used to see in the same area. I saw the Milbert's Tortoiseshell on most summer trips to High Peak, though it was not common, but never on any other sky island peak in se AZ.