2020 April 27

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

2 Egira crucialis/simplex

1 Egira perlubens

2 Eupithecias

4 Hydriomena manzanita 

3 Melanolophia imitata 

1 Orthosia praeses

1 Orthosia revicta 

1 Orthosia transparens

1 Phyllodesma americana (same one, seems to like it here)

1 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Xanthorhoe defensaria 

 

Egira perlubens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Orthosia revicta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Val George writes:  Here’s my annual posting of the Mint Moth Pyrausta californicalis population that looks as though it has now established itself on the patch of mint in my backyard in Oak Bay.  These moths appeared two years ago and have multiplied in numbers since.  You’ll recall, incidentally, that you reared a caterpillar that I brought to you when the moths first appeared.  The attached photograph is of an adult that I found on the inside of one of my windows this morning, April 27.

 

Mint Moth Pyrausta californicalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Val George

 

   Ann Tiplady writes:  Just now, walking to the bank I found this moth on the sidewalk in Cadboro Bay Road, with a broken wing tip and pretty fouled in cobwebs.  I pulled off what I could and put the moth on a warm wall.

 

Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Ann Tiplady

 

Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Ann Tiplady