2020 March 31

 

   Rosemary Jorna photographed three rather wet bumblebees sheltering from the rain near Kemp Lake, March 28.  The first two are a bit too wet to identify safely, but we thank Lincoln Best for identifying the third as Bombus flavifrons.

 

Bombus sp. (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

Bombus sp. (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

Bombus flavifrons  (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

   Jochen Möhr’s moth haul in Metchosin last night:

 

1 Acerra normalis

2 Eupithecia spp. 

1 Eupithecia nevadata

2 Eupithecia ravocostaliata

10 Hydriomena manzanita

2 Orthosia hibisci

1 Orthosia praeses

8 Venusia obsoleta / pearsalli

1 Xanthorhoe defensaria

 

Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Orthosia praeses (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Orthosia praeses (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Eupithecia annulata/ochracea (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

Eupithecia nevadata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr