April 11 afternoon
April 11 afternoon
Jeremy Tatum writes: I saw just a single Western Spring Azure butterfly along the length of the Panhandler Trail off Munn Road this afternoon. But here are a couple of moths.
Agonopterix alstroemeriana (Lep.: Depressariidae) Jeremy Tatum
This is a micro from Europe whose caterpillar occurs in such large numbers on Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum that it can devastate a large clump of this very poisonous plant. It can be found particularly on the large hemlock clumps in Panama Flats. Clas Alströmer was a student and colleague of Linnaeus.
Habrosyne scripta (Lep.: Drepanidae – Thysanurinae) Jeremy Tatum
Reared on Salmonberry from East Sooke Park. Ecloded (emerged) today.