2022 June 25
Ann Tiplady sends photographs of the introduced European Garden Snail Cornu aspersum:
Garden Snail Cornu aspersum (Pul.: Helicidae) Ann Tiplady
Garden Snail Cornu aspersum (Pul.: Helicidae) Ann Tiplady
Carl Hughes sends photographs of a caterpillar and subsequent chrysalis of a Lorquin’s Admiral on an apple tree at his Broadmead home.
Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Carl Hughes
Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Carl Hughes
Rosemay Jorna sends photographs, from the Kemp Lake area, of 5th instar caterpillars of the Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus as well as a 4th instar cast-off skin (exuviae).
Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae) Rosemary Jorna
Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae) Rosemary Jorna
Hyalophora euryalus 4th instar exuviae Rosemary Jorna
Jeff Gaskin writes: June 24, I found a total of 19 Ringlets in Saanich. 2 were at Quick’s Bottom, 7 were at Viaduct Flats, and a further 10 were in the disc playing field at Layritz Park. Only one other butterfly could be found in that whole area and that was a Western Tiger Swallowtail.
In Colquitz River Park north of Panama Flats there were only the following butterflies : 1 Cabbage White, 4 Lorquin’s Admirals, 2 Western Tiger Swallowtails and 2 Western Spring Azures.
Aziza Cooper writes: June 24, I went to the railroad tracks next to Goldstream campground. I found three Commas, possibly Satyr Commas [yes, that’s what I think they are, too. One of them is on a stinging nettle. –Jeremy T], four Pale Tiger Swallowtails and four Western Tiger Swallowtails, and six Western Spring Azures. There was also one Cinnabar Moth.
Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
Pale Tiger Swallowtails Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Aziza Cooper
Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Aziza Cooper
Gordon Hart writes: My sighting news is fast becoming out of date, and today I hope to see some more butterflies, but I did have some success on Thursday, June 23 at the Pike Lake Substation ponds. I saw my first of the year Lorquin’s Admiral, a Western Spring Azure, and a Pale Tiger Swallowtail. There were also many dragonflies: California Darner, Dot-tailed Whiteface , and Western Pondhawk, among others.
Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae) Gordon Hart
Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Gordon Hart