2020 May 25

 

   Re the possible loss of the Field Crescent,  Kirsten writes: The field behind Eddy’s storage still looks ok for Field Crescents. The lot next to it is under construction but I still see daisies where Eddy’s is. The only problem is, because of the virus, the First Nations there aren’t allowing visitors. My dad lives 2 blocks away. I will keep an eye out.

 

   Let’s hope Kirsten is right.  In connection with possible losses of butterflies, moths and other invertebrates,  Jochen Möhr points out that, on this site, we sometimes spend a lot of time and effort in the niceties of taxonomy and identification, and maybe at least some of that effort might be better spent in fighting to preserve and protect the invertebrates that we still have.  One cannot but agree with that – but what can one do?  This site would welcome comments and suggestions.

 

  Jochen Möhr’s moths and a butterfly from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Egira rubrica

1 Eupithecia sp.

1 Eupithecia cretaceata

15 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Udea profundalis

3 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli

 

Egira rubrica (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jochen Möhr

 

Udea profundalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

 

 

   And two moths from Saanich, from Jeremy Tatum:

 

Hedya nubiferana (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   Rosemary Jorna sends a remarkable sequence, from near Kemp Lake, of a mosquito emerging from its pupa.

 

Mosquito (Dip.: Culicidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

Mosquito (Dip.: Culicidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

 

 

Mosquito (Dip.: Culicidae)  Rosemary Jorna