May 11 afternoon
2020 May 11 afternoon
Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of two bugs from her garden near Kemp Lake, May 10. Thanks to Libby Avis, our moth expert, for identifying the first of these as Raglius alboacuminatus. In an earlier version of this posting (writes Jeremy Tatum) I speculated that it was a “seed bug” of the Family Lygaeidae. Apparently I wasn’t too far off the mark. It is now classified as a “dirt-coloured seed bug” of the Family Rhyparochromidae, which was until recently a Subfamily of the seed bugs, Lygaeidae, but which now has full Family status. The title “dirt-coloured” seems a little unfair for this particular species!
Raglius alboacuminatus (Hem.: Rhyparochromidae) Rosemary Jorna
We don’t yet know the identification of Rosemary’s second bug, below, but, I hate to say it, it does seem rather that the appellation “dirt-coloured” seems a bit more appropriate.
Possible dirt-coloured seed bug (Hem.: Rhyparochromidae) Rosemary Jorna
We have no expertise in ants or aphidids, either, so any help with Mr E’s photograph below would be greatly appreciated!
Ants and aphids. Mr E
Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:
3 Eupithecia spp.
2 Hydriomena manzanita
8 Melanophia imitata
1 Perizoma curvilinea
7 Tyria jacobaeae (6 of them inside the lamp!)
6 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli
2 Xanthorhoe defensaria
Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Eupithecia ravocostaliata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr