2019 July 6 morning

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin yesterday morning:

 

1 Callizzia amorata

1 Euceratia castella

1 Eulithis xylina

1 Hemithea aestivaria

2 Homorthodes hanhami

2 Lacinipolia cuneata

6 Lacinipolia strigicollis

1 Lophocampa maculata

2 Nadata gibbosa

1 Schizura ipomoeae

1 Perizoma costiguttata

1 Sicya crocearia

 

Eulithis xylina (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Hemithea aestivaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Perizoma costiguttata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Schizura ipomoeae (Lep.: Notodontidae)  Jochen Möhr

  

 

   Yesterday, July 5, we showed two pupae found by Judith Sales.  We didn’t have to wait long.  An adult moth emerged last night from the fatter pupa (presumably a female).  Here it is:

 

Catocala aholibah (Lep.: Erebidae – Erebinae) Jeremy Tatum

 

   I released it on Mount Tolmie, where I know the species occurs.  Maybe we’ll see it during tomorrow’s Butterfly Walk (Mount Tolmie, 1:00 pm, Sunday) though, if it has settled on a lichen-covered oak trunk, it will be well-nigh invisible.