2021 February 15
Jeremy Tatum writes: Here is a Ctenolepisma longicaudata from my Saanich apartment. This is a three-pronged bristletail – but this individual seems to have lost one of its prongs.
Ctenolepisma longicaudata (Zygentoma – Lepismatidae) Jeremy Tatum
Jeremy Tatum writes: The moth shown below emerged today from a pupa formed from a caterpillar last year. Fortunately it just missed the cold weather – today is much warmer and the snow is melting. Identifying the moth was a bit tricky, but Libby Avis and I both came up with Orthosia praeses. The reddish brown head gave it away.
Orthosia praeses (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum