2020 August 17 afternoon

 

    Mike Yip writes from Nanoose:  Pleasant surprise to find a second generation Mylitta Crescent in my yard this afternoon. 

 

Male Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Mike Yip

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning. 

 

1 Eupithecia sp. 

1 Hydriomena speciosata

2 Lacinipolia pensilis 

1 Lacinipolia strigicollis 

2 Nemoria darwiniata 

7 Neoalcis californiaria 

1 Nycteola frigidana

1 Syngrapha rectangula

2 Panthea virginarius 

 

   Interesting to see the large number of Neoalcis californiara. Gordon Hart reports from Highlands that on a recent night there were 7-10 at each of three lights.

Hydriomena speciosata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Nycteola frigidana (Lep.: Nolidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Syngrapha rectangula (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Uncertain, but possibly a worn Dasychira grisefacta (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)

Jochen Möhr

 

   Jochen writes that he has had numerous sightings of Pine Whites around the house – up to three at a time.

 

Pine White Neophasia menapia (Lep.: Pieridae)  Jochen Möhr