2019 September 10

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

1 Ennomos magnaria

1 Eulithis xylina

4 Euxoa difformis

1 Fishia illocata

8 Lacinipolia pensilis

1 Xanthorhoe defensaria 

4 Xestia . . . complex 

 

Euxoa difformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Xestia finatimis complex  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Xestia finatimis complex  and Euxoa difformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

   Jeremy Tatum shows a photograph of a Satellite Moth  reared on Rubus from a caterpillar from Munn Road.  Although the caterpillar of this moth can be reared quite happily on a vegetarian diet, as this one was, it is not averse from adding a little bit of extra protein to its diet, and is best reared separately from other caterpillars.  The moth emerges from its pupa in late summer or fall, and it spends the winter in the adult state.  It may be seen again in early spring.

 

Eupsilia tristigmata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum