2018 August 28 morning

   Two pictures by Jochen Möhr from Metchosin.  First, a pterophorid moth.   Although these moths can be difficult to identify, Jeremy Tatum writes that he believes this one is sufficiently distinct and that it is Amblyptilia pica.

Amblyptilia pica (Lep.: Pterophoridae)  Jochen Möhr

Next a spider.  Dr Robb Bennett writes:   It’s a male Araneus orbweaver. Most likely Araneus saevus.

Araneus (probably saevus) (Ara.: Araneidae)  Jochen Möhr

   And just in from Jochen – a nice geometrid moth identified by Libby Avis as Zenophleps lignicolorata:

Zenophleps lignicolorata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

2018 August 27

   Neoalcis californiaria  is turning up everywhere this year – from Saratoga Beach (Bryan Gates) to Metchosin (Jochen Möhr) –

Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Bryan Gates

Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

   Bryan Gates sends a photograph of a beetle from Saratoga Beach.   Thanks to Scott Gilmore for telling us that it is of the Family Scarabaeidae – a bit difficult to go further than this, though maybe it’s worth looking at the genus Diplotaxis.

Scarabaeid beetle (Col.: Scarabaeidae) Bryan Gates

2018 August 26

   Jochen Möhr sends a photograph from Metchosin of a weevil, kindly identified for us by Scott Gilmore, as a Black Vine Weevil.

Black Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Col.: Curculionidae)  Jochen Möhr

2018 August 25

   Jochen Möhr sends a picture of a grasshopper from Metchosin.

Melanoplus femurrubrum (Orth.: Acrididae)  Jochen Möhr

2018 August 24 evening

   Libby Avis sends a photograph of Sympistis dunbari  (formerly Oncocnemis dunbari) from Port Alberni, August 23^rd.

Sympistis dunbari (Lep.:  Noctuidae)  Libby Avis

  Jeremy Tatum writes:  I found this beetle today near Blenkinsop Lake.  It took about one nanosecond for Scott Gilmore to identify it for me.

Plectrura spinicauda (Col.: Cerambycidae)  Jeremy Tatum