2020 May 26

 

    Cheryl Haedy writes:  I don’t know if you are still looking for interesting insect findings [Yes, indeed, we are!  Thank you!  JT], but my son found a cool beetle on May 24 when we were walking around Richard’s Marsh, just south of Nanaimo.  I’ve attached a couple of photos.  We thought it was a Rugose Stag Beetle. 

 

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  We thank Scott Gilmore for confirming that that’s exactly what it is!

 

Rugose Stag Beetle Sinodendron rugosum  (Col.: Lucanidae)  Cheryl Heady

 

Rugose Stag Beetle Sinodendron rugosum  (Col.: Lucanidae)  Cheryl Heady

 

   Jeremy Tatum found the beetle below in Goldstream Park today:

 

Plectrura spinicauda (Col.: Cerambycidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Jochen’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Eupithecia sp. 

6 Tyria jacobaeae

2 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli  

1 Lacinipolia sp.

1 Chionodes mediofuscella (identified by Libby Avis)

 

Lacinipolia sp. (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Chionodes mediofuscella (Lep.: Gelechiidae) Jochen Möhr