2021 February 16

 

   Libby Avis sends a photograph of Egira hiemalis from Port Alberni, February 6, her earliest date for the species there.   This is often the first noctuid to appear in the year, often appearing in February or even January.   The earliest recorded by Invertebrate Alert  was  January 16, in Victoria, 2014.

 

Egira hiemalis (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Libby Avis