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Taking stock of South Bay butterflies

Members and friends of the Lorquin Entomological Society walk a trail in Rolling Hills Estates as they conduct a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.

Members and friends of the Lorquin Entomological Society walk a trail in Rolling Hills Estates as they conduct a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.  (Christina House / For The Times)

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The Lorquin Entomological Society conducted a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.

Resting on a flower

A square-spotted blue butterfly rests on a flower off a trail in Rolling Hills Estates as members and friends of the Lorquin Entomological Society conduct a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Trying to make a catch

Jess Morton, center, tries to catch a square-spotted blue butterfly off a trail in Rolling Hills Estates as members and friends of the Lorquin Entomological Society conduct a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Butterfly companion

Darlene King of Torrance plays with an Anise swallowtail butterfly that she found as an egg and raised herself before joining with members and friends of the Lorquin Entomological Society on a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Ready to go

Max Ataka, 12, is ready with a butterfly net as he joins members and friends of the Lorquin Entomological Society on a trail in Rolling Hills Estates to conduct a butterfly survey in the South Bay in July.  (Christina House / For the Times)

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