2020 April 21

 

   Val George writes:  Yesterday, April 20, I conducted my April butterfly count for Mount Douglas and the surrounding area.  The result was:  10 Cabbage Whites, 10 Western Spring Azures, 3 California Tortoiseshells, 2 Sara Orangetips, 2 Grey Hairstreaks. 

 

Jeremy Tatum writes:  I saw just one California Tortoiseshell on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 6:00 pm yesterday.  But at UVic I saw a Pacific Sideband also known as Faithful Snail, which some might say is just as beautiful in its own modest way.

 

Pacific Sideband Monadenia fidelis (Pul.: Bradybaenidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   Libby Avis writes:  I got a Ufeus satyricus at the light here in Port Alberni April 19th. First time we’ve seen one here. I don’t think there are many reports of it on the island. You posted one from Jeremy Gatten three years ago.  [See Invert Alert for 2017 March 13.]

Ufeus satyricus (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Libby Avis

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

2 Behrensia conchiformis 

1 Egira crucialis

1 Egira curialis

1 Egira rubrica

2 Feralia comstocki

4 Hydriomena manzanita 

2 Melanolophia imitata 

1 Orthosia praeses 

1 Orthosia transparens

1 Perizoma curvilinea

1 Tyria jacobaeae

5 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli 

 

Egira crucialis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

   [Jeremy Tatum remarks:  Followers of this site will have noticed that we have a lot of difficulty separating E. simplex and E. crucialis.  This one, to me at any rate, is a rare case where I think we can be as sure as sure that this is indeed an ideal C. crucialis.]

 

Egira curialis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Egira rubrica (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Orthosia praeses (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Feralia comstocki (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Feralia comstocki (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr