2022 August 8 evening

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  This one was at my Saanich apartment this morning.  Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying it as Oligia divesta.

 

Oligia divesta (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jeremy Tatum

   Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:   Pine Whites are definitely here.

   Yesterday, we had some Nature-Buff Friends over, and I asked them whether they had spotted any Pine Whites yet.  The answer was negative.   A few minutes later, we saw one fly past the front of the Douglas Firs here and flutter up the last one, and we both agreed that yes, it was a Pine White.

This morning, I saw several here in our Douglas Firs, first two at about 11 a.m., then later at various hours one here, one there, always unmistakably and always for quite a while.  And then, driving into Langford via Happy Valley Road at around 4 p.m., coming back around 5 p.m., I saw one each on the way in and the way out at Happy Valley Road, close to the intersection with Rocky Point Road.  So yes, they are back!

[Jeremy Tatum writes:  Kirsten Mills reported two on July 22.  Jochen’s report is the only one since then.]