2019 June 13 morning

 

   Val George writes:  Yesterday morning, June 12, I did a very short walk in Uplands Park during which I saw three Sheep Moths Hemileuca eglanterina.  I also found this pupa of a White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis.  The other pupa is a Cabbage White, which was on my kale in my Oak Bay garden.  In the last few days I’ve seen several adult Cabbage Whites that have just emerged from their pupae.

 

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Val George

 

White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Val George

 

Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae)  Val George

  

 Rosemary Jorna writes:  In our yard (Kemp Lake area), but far away, a Lorquin’s Admiral.

 

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:  This morning there were just two Tortricidia testacea and one very pale Hydriomena of which I attach a picture.   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Yes, I agree, it’s a highflyer (Hydriomena sp.), but it’s quite a worn specimen, and it would be a brave person to identify it.  If it were February, I’d guess at H. nubilofasciata, but I don’t know if any would last until June, even though this one is worn.  Otherwise H. irata, californiata, expurgata… all look like possibilities.  Let’s just leave it as Hydriomena sp.

 

Hydriomena sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr