2019 May 13
Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:
| Eupithecia sp | 2 |
| Egira crucialis | 1 |
| Melanolophia imitata | 1 |
| Orthosia transparens | 2 |
| Perizoma curvilinea | 1 |
| Phyllodesma americana | 2 |
| Tyria jacobaeae | 2 |
| Venusia obsoleta | 5 |
| Xanthorhoe defensaria | 1 |
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Venusia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
2019 May 13 morning
Jeremy Tatum writes: A weevil from my Saanich apartment, and a caterpillar from an oak on Christmas Hill, May 12.
Otiorhynchus singularis (Col.: Curculionidae) Jeremy Tatum
Hydriomena nubilofasciata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum
2019 May 12 evening
Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:
| Eupithecia sp. | 2 |
| Hyalophora euryalus | 1 |
| Hydriomena manzanita | 1 |
| Melanolophia imitata | 3 |
| Orthosia transparens | 2 |
| Perizoma curvilinea | 3 |
| Phyllodesma americana | 1 |
| Tyria jacobaeae | 1 |
| Venusia obsoleta | 6 |
Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae) Jochen Möhr
Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae) Jochen Möhr
Hydriomena sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Protitame subalbaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
2019 May 12 morning
Peter Boon writes: Yesterday at Cross Road in Nanoose there were 2 Western Tailed Blues, 5 Western Spring Azures, 1 Pale Tiger Swallowtail. At the powerline at the end of Sundew Place (Bonnel Creek Falls trail) were 2-3 Two-banded Grizzled Skippers, 2 Mylitta Crescents, 3 Sara Orangetips, 1 Cabbage White, 2 Pale Tiger Swallowtails and 5 Western Spring Azures.
Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara (Lep.: Pieridae) Peter Boon
Western Tailed Blue Everes amyntula (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Peter Boon
Jeremy Tatum writes: Here is an Autographa ampla. Caterpillar shown on April 15. Apologies for the unaesthetically-appealing background, but that is where the moth posed! It is now flying in the Blenkinsop Valley.
Autographa ampla (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)
Jeremy Tatum
Autographa ampla (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)
Jeremy Tatum
2019 May 11 evening
Just one moth to show, from my (Jeremy Tatum) Saanich apartment this morning. It is Drepanulatrix, but we don’t know whether it is D. monicaria or D. secundaria. Anyone care to hazard an opinion?
Drepanulatrix sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum