2020 May 9

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I think Catocala must by now be almost full-grown.  This one was on Garry Oak on Mount Tolmie.

 

Catocala aholibah (Lep.: Erebidae – Erebinae – Catocalini) Jeremy Tatum

   The moth below is a much smaller one.  Many of the small green wriggly caterpillars hiding in a folded leaf on a tree or shrub (and which are not Winter Moths, which are not wriggly) belong to the large family Tortricidae.  We are grateful to Dr Jason Dombroskie for identifying this one as Argyrotaenia franciscana .  Its caterpillar was found on Ocean Spray at Swan Lake.

Argyrotaenia franciscana (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   Now here are a few beetles photographed by Scott Gilmore in Lantzville:

 

Nemozoma punctulatum (Col.: Trogositidae) Scott Gilmore

Pityophagus rufipennis (Col.: Nitidulidae) Scott Gilmore

Oxylaemus californicus (Col.: Bothrideridae) Scott Gilmore

Platycerus oregonensis (Col.:  Lucanidae) Scott Gilmore

   All except the last of these are very tiny beetles.  A very much larger beetle was found by Jochen Möhr in Metchosin today:

Chalcophora angulicollis (Col.: Buprestidae)  Jochen Möhr

Chalcophora angulicollis (Col.: Buprestidae)  Jochen Möhr

   Jochen Möhr  and Gordon Hart both photographed Green Commas today – in Metchosin and in the Highlands.

 

Green Comma Polygonia faunus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jochen Möhr

Green Comma Polygonia faunus (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Gordon Hart

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  At 6:45 pm this evening there were two Painted Ladies and a California Tortoiseshell on the Mount Tolmie reservoir.