2020 August 27

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

4 Eulithis xylina

1 Lacinipolia pensilis

1 Nadata gibbosa

1 Panthea virginarius

1 Xestia finatimis species complex

1 Ypsolopha canariella

 

Lacinipolia pensilis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Xestia finatimis species group (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   A Honey Bee  from Ian Cooper:

 

Honey Bee Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

   An exciting adventure from  Ian:

Vespula vulgaris (Hym.: Vespidae)   Ian Cooper

 

Be careful… watch out!    Ian Cooper

 

 

 

Misumena vatia (Ara.: Thomisidae)   Ian Cooper

 

You were warned!!   Ian Cooper

 

   The wasp was lucky – it got away.  In an encounter between a crab spider and a vespid wasp,  the wasp is in great danger.  On the other hand, had it been a pompilid wasp, it is the spider that would be in danger.

 

   Val George writes:  This Plume Moth Emmelina monodactyla was on the window near the door of the nature house at Swan Lake yesterday, August 26.  Also on the walls near the door were 2 Neoalcis californiaria and a Noctua pronuba.  Many dragonflies were flying around the edges of the lake:  many Blue Dashers, many Darners (Blue-eyed, Green and other Darner species my inexpert eyes can’t identify when they’re flying) and at least 7 or 8 Black Saddlebags.  This last red-listed species seems to be quite numerous this year because I saw 3 or 4 at McIntyre Reservoir on Martindale Flats a few days ago and I recall that there have been several photos shown on the Alert recently.

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Yes, I, too, have seen several Black Saddlebags this year.  Agree they are unusually common this year.  Anyone else noticed this?

 

Emmelina monodactyla (Lep.: Pterophoridae)  Val George