2020 June 3 afternoon

 

   More small insects from Mr E, mostly as yet unidentified, tentatively labelled at Order level.

 

Diptera    Mr E

 

Diptera      Mr E

European Earwig Forficula auricularia (Derm.:  Forficulidae)  Mr E

 

European Earwig Forficula auricularia (Derm.:  Forficulidae)  Mr E

 

Ladybird beetle larva    (Col.:  Coccinellidae)      Mr E

 

Willow gall caused by sawfly Pontania sp. (Hym.: Tenthredinidae)  Mr E

 

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin  this morning:

 

1 Adela septentrionella (there are scores of them around!)

1 Lacinipolia sp.  

1 Nadata gibbosa (the permanent resident)

1 Scopula quinquelinearia

1 Tyria jacobaeae

 

Scopula quinquelinearia (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Libby Avis writes from Port Alberni:  We’re seeing lots of Adelas too. Also three Polyphemus Moths in the last week, but very little else.