2019 May 9

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  At 6:15 this evening, on or near the Mount Tolmie Reservoir, there was one each of Cabbage White, Western Tiger Swallowtail, California Tortoiseshell, Mourning Cloak, Painted Lady – quite a nice little variety.  I am quite convinced that the California Tortoiseshell prefers to bask on the whitish patches on the concrete.   While I was watching, a Dark-eyed Junco hopped deliberately along the concrete towards the Mourning Cloak, presumably to admire its beauty. But the butterfly, perhaps wisely, took off when the junco was within six inches or so of it.

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends a picture of a Propertius Duskywing from the summit of Mount Wells, May 9.

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   Rhys Harrison writes that he saw about eight Ringlets on May 7 on Saanichton (Cordova) Spit.  Here is a photograph of one of them:

 

Ringlet Coenonympha tullia (Lep.: Nymphalidae – Satyrinae) Rhys Harrison

 

More tomorrow morning…