2020 June 11

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Apamea antennata

1 Callizzia amorata 

1 Clostera apicalis 

1 Drepana arcuata

1 Dysstroma citrata  

1 Iridopsis emasculatum  

1 Trichordestra liquida

1 Nadata gibbosa (still the same)

1 Pero morissonaria

4 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli 

 

Pero morrisonaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Trichordestra liquida (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Drepana arcuata (Lep.: Drepanidae – Drepaninae)

Jochen Möhr

 

   Jeremy Tatum shows a moth reared from a caterpillar on Gumweed:

 

Heliothis phloxiphaga (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

  The pug below was reared from a caterpillar on Mahonia, but, although the moth is pristine fresh, we have not yet been able to identify it below Genus. 

 

 

Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Yesterday, Jochen Möhr sent a photograph of a crab spider with prey.  Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for identifying the spider as “almost certainly” Coriarachne brunneipes.  As for the prey, it is difficult to be certain, but Dr Bennett, Libby Avis and Jeremy Tatum, all suggest the European Earwig, so that’s how it shall be labelled!

 

Crab Spider Coriarachne brunneipes (Ara.: Thomisidae)

with European Earwig Forficula auricularia (Derm.: Forficulidae)
Jochen Möhr