2020 December 11

 

    Jochen Möhr sends a further collection of Operophtera from Metchosin yesterday.  Jeremy Tatum and Jochen agree on the probable identifications as labelled below.

 

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

   Springtails used to be lumped within a single Order – Collembola.  Collembola is now a Class (or to some authors a Subclass), divided into three or four Orders.

 

Above:  Orchesella villosa (Coll: Orchesellidae)

Below left:  Ptenothrix sp. (Coll:  Symphypleona – Dicyrtomidae)

Ian Cooper