2022 June 23

    Jeff Gaskin writes:  I saw 3 Mourning  Cloaks in three completely different spots on June 22, at Blenkinsop Lake.  Also, at the south end of the Blenkinsop Lake bridge amongst the stinging nettles was a Red Admiral.  At Swan Lake I finally saw my first of the year Lorquin’s Admiral.  I saw two there as well as a rather late Western Spring Azure,  5 Western Tiger Swallowtails and 2 Cabbage Whites.

Kirsten Mills told me she saw an Anise Swallowtail at the top of Observatory Hill on June 22.  Also there included 7 Pale Tiger Swallowtails, 3 Western Tiger Swallowtails, a Red Admiral, a Painted Lady, 2 Western Spring Azures, a Cabbage White, and 2 Lorquin’s Admirals.

   Aziza Cooper sends photographs of a butterfly and a bee from James Heights, June 23:

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

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

   Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a moth reared from an egg found on Mahonia at Munn Road, May 25:

Coryphista meadii (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum