2020 September 10 evening

 

   Gordon Hart writes from Highlands:  I counted about 70 Nepytia phantasmaria last night, and this morning they were also scattered through the grass. I was out at Pedder Bay this morning, doing a bird walk, and I noticed many moths of this species fluttering here and there.   Today, Thursday, September 10, we saw a fresh Painted Lady Vanessa cardui on the Buddleia in the Highlands. The Buddleia has started to flower again, so it is attracting insects day and night. Last night, two Neoalcis californiaria were on it.

 

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Gordon Hart