2019 October 25

 

   Mr W sends a photograph of a bee found on October 22.  Thanks to Lincoln Best and Annie Pang for identifying it as a halictid.  Lincoln writes:  Certainly either Halictus tripartitus or Halictus confusus, probably the latter.  Female.

 

Halictus confusus/tripartitus (Hym.:  Halictidae)  Mr E

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning.

 

1 Agrochola purpurea (same individual as for the last three days, still in same spot)

2 Drepanulatrix sp. 

2 Epirrita autumnata

1 Orthosia mys (different individual from the one yesterday)

2 Sunira decipiens

and one monstrous Orb Weaver Spider Araneus diadematus, of which I attach some pictures as well.

 

Orthosia mys (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Araneus diadematus (Ara.: Araneidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Araneus diadematus (Ara.: Araneidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Araneus diadematus (Ara.: Araneidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I hate to mention it, but it’s Winter Moth  time again.  This one at my Saanich apartment this morning:

 

Winter Moth Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   But don’t despair – there are still a few butterflies around – Cabbage Whites at any rate.  Jeff Gaskin saw one in Gorge Community Garden in Gorge Park;  Kirsten Mills saw one at the corner of West Shore Parkway and Highway 1; Mike Yip saw one at French Creek.  All of these today, October 25.