INVERTEBRATE ALERT
This blog provides an informal forum for terrestrial invertebrate watchers to post recent sightings of interesting observations in the southern Vancouver Island region. Please send your sightings by email to Jeremy Tatum (tatumjb352@gmail.com). Be sure to include your name, phone number, the species name (common or scientific) of the invertebrate you saw, location, date, and number of individuals. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please send it along. Click on the title above for an index of past sightings.The index is updated most days.

February 28

   2020 February 28

 

     Jochen Möhr reports from Metchosin this morning:

 

6 Eupithecias

2 Egira hiemalis

2 Hydriomena manzanita

1 Eupsilia tristigmata 

1 Phigalia plumogeraria 

 


Eupsilia tristigmata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Eupsilia tristigmata overwinters as an adult moth, and consequently can be seen either in late fall or early spring.  The caterpillar feeds on various plants (e.g. Rosa, Rubus, Geum, Salix)  –  and on other caterpillars!