2018 October 27

 

    It’s Winter Moth time again!   This one was at Jeremy Tatum’s Saanich apartment this morning.   Maybe not the first one of the season, for Aziza photographed a probable, though very early, one on October 10 (see October 12 posting).  They should start to become common during November.  Try the Goldstream Park Nature House, or maybe Metchosin,  to see if you can get one of the native winter moths – Bruce’s or Danby’s.  I think in Victoria they are all likely to be the European Winter Moth.

 

European Winter Moth  Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum