2020 June 16

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends a picture of a pair of bugs in her Kemp Lake garden.  These are probably Banasa sp, most likely Banasa dimiata.

 

 

Probably Banasa dimiata (Hem.: Pentatomidae)  Rosemary Jorna

  

Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin yesterday morning:

 

1 Callizzia amorata 

1 Enypia packardata

1 Eupithecia sp.

1 Hydriomena sp.

2 Iridopsis emasculatum 

1 Lacinipolia cuneata

2 Lophocampa maculata

2 Stenoporpia excelsaria

1 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli

Stenoporpia excelsaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Lophocampa maculata (Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr

Lacinipolia cuneata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Callizzia amorata 

1 Enypia packardata

1 Eupithecia cretaceata

1 Lacinipolia cuneata

2 Lophocampa maculata

2 Nadata gibbosa (were also there yesterday, forgot to include them in the previous list)

3 Stenoporpia excelsaria

1 Tyria jacobaeae

1 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli 

 

  The Eupithecia cretaceata below, photographed by Jochen, is one of the larger pugs, and one that it is relatively (i.e. relative to most other pugs) easy to identify.  Its caterpillar feeds on the flowers of Veratrum viride, which is generally described as one of the most deadly poisonous (to humans) plants in our countryside.

Eupithecia cretaceata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Jochen also reports seeing a Western Tiger Swallowtail, an Anise Swallowtail and a Western Spring Azure (also known as Echo Blue) on his Metchosin property.  He sends a photograph of the Azure nectaring on Ceanothus

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