2020 April 24

 

   Jody Wells sends a photograph of a female wolf spider carrying her egg sac at Saanichton Spit, April 23.  Thanks to Dr Robb  Bennett for identifying it as Pardosa lowriei.

 

Pardosa lowriei (Ara.: Lycosidae) Jody Wells

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Orthosia praeses

1 Egira crucialis/simplex (same individual as yesterday, at same spot)

1 Egira rubrica

1 Eupithecia

3 Hydriomena manzanita

3 Melanolophia imitata

1 Perizoma curvilinea

1 Phyllodesma americana (same individual for days now, yesterday I thought it was dead but it is not)

6 Vanessa obsoleta/pearsalli

2 Xanthorhoe defensaria

 

Orthosia praeses (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr