2020 August 20   (A lot of twenties there)

 

   Ian Cooper sends some photographs of bees.  We are having difficulty in identifying bees at the moment, and would welcome help from any knowledgeable viewers.  In the meantime, we are grateful to Annie Pang, who is rapidly learning bees and is making her best efforts for us.

 

   The first is relatively easy – it’s a Honey Bee:

 

Honey Bee Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

   The next may be genus Mellisodes:

 

Probably Mellisodes sp. (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Probably Mellisodes sp. (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

  And lastly, a Bombus,  which we think we’ll leave there:

 

Bombus sp.: (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning – thanks to Libby Avis, as usual, for substantial help wih the indentifications.

 

1 Drepanulatrix sp. 

1 Euxoa diformis 

1 Eupithecia sp. 

1 Dasychira grisefacta

2 Lacinipolia pensilis 

1 Noctua pronuba 

1 Lacinipolia strigicollis 

1 Lophocampa argentata 

6 Neoalcis californiaria 

6 Oligia divesta

1 Panthea virginarius

6 Perizoma curvilinea 

1 Syngrapha viridisigma

 

Oligia divesta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Syngrapha viridisigma (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)  Jochen Möhr