2021 May 27 morning
Jeremy Tatum shows photographs of a Pale Tiger Swallowtail, reared from a first-instar caterpillar found last year on Ocean Spray along the Panhandler Trail off Munn Road. The butterfly emerged yesterday. Some recent authors inexplicably omit the “Tiger” from the name.
Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Jeremy Tatum
Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Jeremy Tatum
2021 May 26 evening
Jeremy Tatum writes: Here are two comma caterpillars. The Satyr Comma from nettles along Lochside Drive north of Blenkinsop Lake. The Green Comma from willow along Panhandler Trail off Munn Road.
Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Jeremy Tatum
Green Comma Polygonia faunus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Jeremy Tatum
2021 May 26 morning
Jochen Möhr wrote yesterday: After a week of nothing – one lonely Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae at the black light.
Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr
2021 May 25
Here are photographs by Kan Vaughan of a dragonfly from the Beaver Lake retriever ponds, and a butterfly from Mount Tolmie, in the last week.
Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata (Odo.: Libellulidae) Ken Vaughan
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Ken Vaughan
Jeremy Tatum writes:
Total eclipse of the moon tonight:
Start: 2:45 am PDT
Total: 4:11 – 4:26 am PDT
End: 5:52 am PDT
2021 May 24
Jeremy Tatum writes: Here’s another Hypena californica from Stinging Nettle along Lochside Drive north of Blenkinsop Lake.
Hypena californica (Lep.: Erebidae – Hypeninae) Jeremy Tatum