2020 May 18 evening

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Apamea cinefacta 

1 Melanolophia imitata

1 Orthosia transparens

1 Perizoma curvilinea 

1 Pero sp.

8 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Udea profundalis

 

Udea profundalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Apamea cinefacta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Pero sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Rosemary Jona writes:  We hiked across Mount Bluff above Camp Barnard today  There were a few butterflies but only one stayed long enough to photograph.   On the Bluff we saw a Mourning Cloak. 3 Western Spring Azures and 1 Western Pine Elfin.  Walking back through Camp Barnard  there were 5 Western Spring Azures.   [Actually I think it was Rosemary who was walking back –  J.]

 

 

 

Western Spring Azure  Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

Honey Bee Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

Pacific Sideband Snail Monadenia fidelis (Pul.: Bradybaenidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  Kirsten Mills and I had a good day butterflying along the railroad tracks at Cowichan station.  We saw a total of  7  species there:  2 Cabbage Whites,  3 Margined Whites,  26 Western Spring Azures,  2 Sara Orangetips,  2 Pale Tiger Swallowtails, 1 Painted Lady, and 1 Mylitta Crescent.  We also both had our first Western Tiger Swallowtail of the year at Cowichan Bay.

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  About 6 Painted Ladies on the reservoir or near the Jeffery Pine on Mount Tolmie, at 6 pm this evening.