2020 April 19 afternoon

 

   Here’s a Carpenter Ant photographed by Mr E at Coles Bay and identified by Sean McCann as Camponotus modoc.

 

Camponotus modoc (Hym.: Formicidae) Mr E

   The next insect, also photographed by Mr E at Coles Bay, is identified by Sean McCann as a nomad bee of the genus – what else? – Nomada.

 

Nomada sp.  (Hym.:  Apidae)  Mr E

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Cerastis enigmatica

3 Cladara  limitaria 

2 Egira crucialis 

1 Egira perlubens

1 Eupithecia annulata

1 Eupithecia graefii

1 Eupithecia sp.

1 Feralia deceptiva

3 Hydriomena manzanita 

5 Melanolophia imitata

1 Perizoma curvilinea 

5 Venusia obsoleta /pearsalli

2 Xanthorhoe defensaria

 

 

Jeremy Tatum writes: None of us is yet 100 percent certain of how to distinguish Egira simplex from Egira crucialis. I have labelled all three moths in the two photographs below as Egira crucialis, though I do so with some trepidation.

 

Egira crucialis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Egira crucialis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Egira rubrica (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr