2020 March 26

 

   Jochen Möhr’s March 25 tally from Metchosin:

 

No noctuids, but 5 Venusias

Other than those, there were 

3 Eupithecias (probably annulata)

1 E. ravocostaliata/nevadata

1 Hydriomena manzanita

 

   Here are pictures of two of Jochen’s Venusias.  

 

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

 

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

 

   Jochen also photographed a micro  – we don’t yet know what it is!

 

Unidentified micro moth (Lep.)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Today, Jochen writes:

 

2 Eupthecica ravocostaliata/nevadata

5 Hydriomena manzanita

1 Orthosia hibisci

6 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli

 

No pictures taken.

 

   Gerry and Wendy Ansell saw their first butterfly of the year yesterday – a Cabbage White

by Saanichton Bay.    The few nymphalids that have been reported this year are species that spend the winter in the adult state.  Gerry and Wendy’s butterfly is the first report of a butterfly this year that spent the winter as a chrysalis.  Jeremy Tatum writes that he hasn’t yet seen a butterfly of either sort.

 

  Jeremy writes:  Today I had my first moth of the year emerge after having been reared as a caterpillar last year – always an exciting event.  Shown below.

 

Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jeremy Tatum