2020 June 22 morning

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Swallowtails may be scarce this year, but we know that there will be at least one next year, because I found this young caterpillar along Munn Road yesterday. Usually they are on alder, but this one is on Ocean Spray.

 

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Jeremy Tatum

     We thank Lincoln Best for his many identifications of bees over the years.   Although we have temporarily lost his services during the corona virus outbreak, we hope, in better times, to lure him back again.  In the meantime we thank our Annie Pang for working hard to identify bees for us.   Annie writes: All of these identifications are “maybes” because I have no one to confirm them or correct them. If you get another opinion I would appreciate knowing what it is. [Jeremy  Tatum adds:  This is always true of all Invert Alert postings – if you think we may have got one wrong, please do let us know –  jtatum at uvic dot ca].   Rosemary Jorna recently sent us a bunch of bee photographs from the Kemp Lake area:

 

Bombus fervidus (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

Bombus melanopygus or flavifrons (Hym.: Apidae) Rosemary Jorna

Possibly Lasioglossum sp. (Hym.: Halictidae)  Rosemary Jorna

Bombus vosnesenskii (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna

   Rosemary also photographed two spiders.  As with other groups, the corona virus is keeping experts away from their offices, laboratories and libraries, so we have to temporarily limit identification to Family level:

 

Ara.: Salticidae    Rosemary Jorna

Ara.: Theridiidae    Rosemary Jorna

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  Yesterday,  June 21, I found a Red Admiral along the Galloping Goose trail near Ravine Way which is just south of Swan Lake and near the Saanich Municipal Hall.

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Callizzia amorata

2 perhaps Eudonia commortalis 

1 Perhaps Hydriomena marinata 

1 Paonias excaecata

1 Protitame subalbaria 

 

Hydriomena marinata/californiata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Paonias excaecata (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Jochen Möhr