2023 May 23
Marie O’Shaughnessy sends photographs of a Cabbage White and a Tule Bluet from McIntyre reservoir, and a California Darner from Mount Tolmie. Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings for identification of the damselfly and dragonfly. Of the dragonfly, Dr Cannings writes: It looks like a female with the cerci broken off.
Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy
California Darner Rhionaeschna californica (Odo.: Aeshnidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy
Val George sends a photograph of a moth from the wall of his Oak Bay house this morning, May 23.
Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata (Lep.: Erebidae –Arctiinae)
Val George
Jeremy Tatum shows a caterpillar found near Blenkinsop Lake:
Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum