2020 August 11

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

 1 Biston betularia

1 Coryphista meadii

2 Cosmia praeacuta

3 Eulithis xylina

1 Lacinipolia strigicollis

3 Nemoria darwiniata 

1 Evergestis funalis

2 Oligia divesta

1 Panthea virginarius

 

Here’s the easy-to-identify colour variety of Coryphista meadii:

 

Coryphista meadii (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

   Jeremy Tatum shows an Acronicta impleta from Salmonberry at Blinkhorn Lake this afternoon.  It has a rather unkempt appearance because it has just undergone ecdysis (in English, it has just changed skin), and it hasn’t tidied its new clothes yet.  It will look much smarter later on.  (Libby will probably guess why I was looking on Salmonberry at Blinkhorn Lake.  I didn’t find what I was looking for.)

 

Acronicta impleta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

Mike Yip writes from Nanoose:   Common Wood Nymphs have been flying in my yard since Sunday. They were constantly on the move and impossible to photograph until I discovered their weakness – blackberry wine. I simply set up close to my small blackberry patch and waited.  Within 15 minutes  I had some very decent photographs.  [I’d say very decent indeed!   Jeremy Tatum]

 

 Male Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala (Lep.: Nymphalidae – Satyrinae)  Mike Yip

 Male Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala (Lep.: Nymphalidae – Satyrinae)  Mike Yip