2020 April 25

 

   Libby Avis sends photographs of a pair of net-winged beetles from the Alberni Valley April 18^th:

 

Two (look very carefully!) Net-winged Beetles Dictyoptera simplicipes (Col.: Lycidae)

Rick Avis

 

Now you can see that there are two!

Net-winged Beetles Dictyoptera simplicipes (Col.: Lycidae) Rick Avis

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Anticlea vasiliata

1 Behrensia conchiformis

1 Egira crucialis/simplex

1 Egira rubrica

3 Eupithecia sp.

9 Hydriomena manzanita

5 Melanolophia imitata

2 Orthosia transparens

2 Perizoma curvilinea

1 Phyllodesma americana (still the same one)

7 Venusia obsoleta /pearsalli

1 Xanthorrhoe defensaria

 

Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

   Annie Pang photographed the bees below at Gorge Park on April 23.  Identifications of species and sex by Annie, who was given an A+ by Lincoln Best who confirmed Annie’s identifications!

 

Male mining bee Andrena sp. (Hym.: Andrenidae)  Annie Pang

 

Female Blue Orchard Bee Osmia lignaria (Hym.: Megachilidae)  Annie Pang