2019 November 6

 

   Jeff Gaskin  saw a nymphalid butterfly today at Esquimalt Lagoon by Lagoon Road and Ocean Boulevard.  He had only a fleeting glimpse – not enough to identify it – but he thought maybe Red Admiral.

 

  Jochen Möhr’s  moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

3 Epirrita autumnata

1 Erannis vancouverensis

2 Orthosia mys

4 Sunira decipiens

 

Sunira decipiens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Sunira decipiens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Cheryl Hoyle writes:  I was driving on Goldstream Avenue last night and this beetle landed on my windshield.  I was wondering if it is a Predacious diving beetle Dytiscus sp.   Charlene Wood says yes it is!

    Jeremy Tatum remarks:   We have had very few aquatic insects on this site so far.  Photographers, let’s think about that next Spring!

Predacious diving beetle Dytiscus sp. (Col.: Dytiscidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

Predacious diving beetle Dytiscus sp. (Col.: Dytiscidae)  Cheryl Hoyle