2018 November 18

 

   Jochen Möhr  writes from Metchosin:   Some of my Kale plants are fairly eaten up.  During the day, I never found a caterpillar, but now, finally, I decided to go out in the dark and found indeed nine caterpillars.  They must be hiding in the soil during the day.

  Jeremy Tatum writes:   These are the European Large Yellow Underwing Moth Noctua pronuba.  They do indeed hide in the soil during the day, and come up to feed at night.  They can be found in almost any month of the year.

Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

   Jeremy Tatum adds:  I saw two Banded Woolly Bears Pyrrharctia isabella enjoying the sun at Tod Creek Flats this afternoon.