2019 June 9 morning

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I just discovered that the May 29 posting never managed to get posted.  Apologies to those who contributed (which apparently included myself!).  Here it is.  My computer expertise isn’t up to inserting it between the May 28 and 30 postings.

2019 May 29

      Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

Protitame subalbaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Iridopsis emasculatum (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jiochen Möhr

Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Hydriomena californiata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

   Two caterpillars from Jeremy Tatum.  The first from Swan Lake, on Snowberry; the second from Munn Road, on Blackberry.  Caterpillars of the genera Eupsilia, Lithophane and Cosmia are not to be fully trusted andare best reared separately from other caterpillars.

Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Eupsilia tristigmata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

2019 June 8

   Jochen Möhr reports a Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae from his Metchosin home, as well as the moth below, Apamea cinefacta.

Apamea cinefacta  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

  Aziza Cooper writes:  On June 6 I went to Saturna Island.  I walked 7 km along the Narvaez Bay Road and saw one Western Spring Azure and many Pale and Western Tiger Swallowtails. A conservative estimate would be 15 of each. At the Narvaez Bay park campground I saw a Comma.  Yesterday, June 7, at McIntyre Reservoir (Central Saanich), a moth perched on my coat sleeve. Other than the moth I saw two Cabbage Whites and no other butterflies.

  The moth is another Apamea, Apamea amputatrix.

Apamea amputatrix (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Aziza Cooper

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Aziza Cooper

   Aziza also photographed a Painted Lady today at Daniel’s Market, the Shell Station, in Sooke.

Painted Pady Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

   Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of a Pale Tiger Swallowtail and a Cedar Hairstreak from her garden (Kemp Lake area) today.

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Rosemary Jorna

Cedar Hairstreak Mitoura rosneri (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Rosemary Jorna

2019 June 7

   Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

2 Panthea virginarius

1 Tyria jacobaeae

2 Venusia obsoleta

   Val George found this White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis  on the wall at the entrance to the Swan Lake Nature House yesterday afternoon, June 6.

White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)

Val George

2019 June 6 ii morning

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  My attempt to send a picture of the cocoon outlined with an ellipse was only partially successful.  If you look at the June 6 posting there will be some sort of an icon there.  You can click on it and it then shows what I attempted to post.

  In the meantime, here is the June 6 ii morning posting, with a fine photo from Marie O’Shaughnessy, who writes:  I found this lovely Sheep Moth in Uplands Park the afternoon, June 5th , at 3.40pm. It was all ”a-quiver “ for a while and it then settled, but the wings were no longer fully open once the light rain began to fall.  It sure is a pretty colourful moth.

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy