2020 April 8 morning

 

   Gordon Hart writes from Highlands:  We had quite an exciting day with lots of butterflies and other insects about. We saw our first of the year Sara Orangetip, but it would not stop for a picture. A Moss’ Elfin perched on the ground.  One California Tortoiseshell appeared again and two commas.  There were lots of bee flies around especially on the Red-flowering Currant. I also have a photo of a bee species I can’t identify.

 

Bee Fly Bombylius major (Dip.: Bombyliidae)  Gordon Hart

Thanks to Annie Pang and Lincoln Best for identifying the bee below as a female mining bee of the genus Andrena.

Andrena sp. (Hym.: Andrenidae)    Gordon Hart

 Comma Polygonia sp.(Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Gordon Hart

Moss’s Elfin Incisalia mossii (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Gordon Hart

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

 1 Cerastis enigmatica  

 1 Eupithecia ravocostaliata/nevadata

 1 Hydriomena manzanita

 1 Orthosia hibisci

 1 Spodolepis danbyi

 1 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli

 

Cerastis enigmatica (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Cerastis enigmatica (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr