2020 May 8

 

Mr E sends pictures of two crab spiders.    Mr E suggests maybe Mecaphesa, and we are glad to have this confirmed by Robb Bennett.

Crab spider Mecaphesa sp (Ara.: Thomisidae)  Mr E

Crab spider Mecaphesa sp. (Ara.: Thomisidae)  Mr E

 

    For the next one, Mr E writes:  for the nymph….. I have no clue!!!    To which Jereny Tatum replies:  I heartily agree!  We can safely say that it is the nymph of a bug.  If I were tentatively to suggest from the Family Delphacidae, that would be little more than a wild guess.  If anyone can help, do let us know!  jtatum at uvic dot ca

Nymph of bug (Hemiptera)  Mr E

   Two reports of first-of-year Ringlets Coenonympha tullia from Island View Beach today.  Four seen there by Sonia Voicescu, and three by Val George.  Sonia also reported a comma from there – doubtless a Satyr Comma.

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  My personal first-of-year Propertius Duskywing just outside the entrance to the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 6::45 pm today, and on the reservoir, a California Tortoiseshell.  I’ll swear they preferentially settle on the small white patches there!