2019 June 15 morning

 

   Gordon Hart writes:

Hello Butterfly Counters,

Time flies, and it is time for the June Butterfly Count, starting Saturday, June 15,  running until next Sunday, June 23. You can submit a count anytime over this period, and you can do more than one count, just use a separate form for each count. In the case of repeat counts, or more than one person counting an area, I will take the highest count for each species.

Please use the form at https://www.vicnhs.bc.ca/?p=33 on the Victoria Natural History Society website .

The count area is the same as the Christmas Bird Count circle. For butterfly identification there are numerous internet sites, but most or all Victoria species are listed on E-Fauna. If you select by photographer, all the photos under James Miskelly’s name are of Victoria species. Here is the link: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/efauna/photoGallery/Gallery.aspx?gr=showall&pid=175&photographer=miskelly,%20james&specrep=0

If you would like a suggestion for an area to count, please send me an email.

In addition to the counts, a monthly butterfly walk is held on the first Sunday of each month – the next walk will be on July 7. We start at the summit of Mount Tolmie at 1pm, and decide where to go from there. I will send out another reminder the week before.

Thank-you for submitting your sightings and happy counting!

Gordon Hart,

Butterfly Count Coordinator,

Victoria Natural History Society

hartgordon19@gmail.com

   Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of the moth Alucita montana, reared from tiny pink caterpillars feeding on the flowers of Snowberry.

Alucita montana (Lep.: Alucitidae)  Jeremy Tatum