2020 March 24

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Egira curialis

2 Eupithecia sp. (annulata?)

1 E. ravocostaliata/nevadata

3 Hydriomena manzanita

3 Orthosia hibisci (pictures of two of them attached)

4 Venusia obsoleta /pearsalli

 

Egira curialis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

 

Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes: Yesterday, March 23, I found a rather unusually coloured and marked moth pupa at Munn Road.  I’ll be very interested to know what the moth is when it emerges –  I don’t think it’s any moth that I’m familiar with.

 

Moth pupa   Jeremy Tatum

 

Moth pupa   Jeremy Tatum