2015 April 7

   On April 6, Mike andBarbara McGrenere wrote:  This morning, Mike and I saw four Sara Orangetips near the summit of Observatory Hill.   And on April 7 they wrote:  It was a great morning for butterflies on Mount Douglas.  There were 30 Sara Orangetips on the lower and upper open south facing slopes of Mount Douglas.  Also there was one male Propertius Duskywing near the path along the lower SW facing slope.  And two Western Spring Azures as you come out of the forest to the open SW facing slope.

  Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a caterpillar of Lophocampa argentata from Rithet’s Bog this morning.

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)

Jeremy Tatum