2023 May 31 evening

    Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:  Today finally, I was able to get a picture of a Western Spring Azure, obviously an oldish one, perhaps as tired as I.   I have seen them around repeatedly since mid April, but always too fleeting.

Western Spring Azure  Celastrina echo  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Jochen Möhr

Jeremy Tatum writes:  I saw a Milbert’s Tortoiseshell at UVic today.  And at 5:00 pm, the sole butterfly on the Mount Tolmie reservoir was a Red Admiral.

2023 May 31 morning

   Ron Flower found this moth sitting on a tyre of his truck.  We cannot be sure what species it is, but it is possibly Noctua pronuba.  Some wing damage may have been caused by a bird’s beak.

Possibly Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ron Flower

Marie O’Shaughnessy sends photographs of a Lorquin’s Admiral and an Eight-spotted Skimmer  from Outerbridge Park.

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula...