2020 April 16 evening

 

   Val George writes:  This afternoon, April 16, I saw my first swallowtail of the year, an Anise  Swallowtail, near the summit of Mount Tolmie;  also, my first Propertius Duskywing at the same location.  Three Sara Orangetips were flying in the general area.

To which Jeremy Tatum adds:  And I saw a California Tortoiseshell on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 6:00 pm.

 

Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Val George

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Val George

  Jochen Möhr had a big moth haul in Metchosin this morning.  Thanks to Libby Avis, as ever, for help with the identificatios.

4 Behrensia conchiformis

2 Cissusa indiscreta

2 Cladara limitaria (one very questionable)

1 Egira curialis

1 Egira rubrica 

1 Eupithecia sp. 

2 Eupithecia ravocostaliata/nevadata

1 Feralia comstocki (?)

11 Hydriomena manzanita

1 Lithophane innominata

3 Melanolophia imitata

1 Nola minna

1 Orthosia hibisci

1 Orthosia transparens

1 Tyria jacobaeae

3 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli

Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Unidentified micro (Lep.: Pyralidae) Jochen Möhr

Lobophora (nivigerata?   simsata?) (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Egira perlubens (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Egira curialis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Cladara limitaria (Lep.:  Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Feralia (probably comstocki) (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Feralia (probably comstocki) (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Eupithecia gilvipennata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Orthosia transparens (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Lithophane innominata (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr