2020 June 12

 

   Val George and Jeff Gaskin each report their first Lorquin’s Admiral of the year, yesterday, June 11  –  Val’s on Mount Tolmie, and Jeff’s on Wascana Street.   (Rosemary Jorna saw one on Broom Hill, June 6).

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Glad someone is seeing some butterflies.  I haven’t seen a butterfly of any sort since June 1, and I haven’t yet seen a swallowtail this year!  I’m probably spending too much time writing up Invert Alert, and not enough outside!

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Agrotis obliqua / vancouverensis

1 Callizzia amorata 

1 Drepana arcuata 

1 Enypia packhardata

1 Homorthodes hanhami

1 Iridopsis emasculatum 

1 Lacinipolia pensilis

1 Nadata gibbosa (still the same)

1 Plagodis phlogosaria

1 Stenoporpia excelsaria

2 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli 

 

   Libby Avis writes:  The Agrotis is interesting. Could be obliqua or the dark form of vancouverensis. I’m inclined to think the latter, because it’s more colourful overall than obliqua and markings look closer, but they’re both variable – sigh! A.o. is supposed to be more of a higher elevation species, but there have been reports from the island.

 

 

Agrotis vancouverensis/obliqua (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Homorthodes hanhami (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Lacinipolia pensilis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Enypia packhardata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Iridopsis emasculatum  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Stenoporpia excelsaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Plagodis phlogosaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr