2021 May 8

 

   Jochen Möhr sends a photograph of a moth from Metchosin, May 7:

 

Litholomia napaea (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jochen Möhr

   Rosemary Jorna sends one from Playfair Park, Victoria.  This one proved a bit tricky, but Libby Avis and Jeremy Gatten both agree upon Annaphila decia – a first for this site.

 Annaphila decia (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Rosemary Jorna

 

 

Elisabeth Ruiter found this caterpillar munching in her apple tree in Cowichan:

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Elisabeth Ruiter

 

 

Jochen reports a rather worn Smerinthus ophthalmica  from Metchosin:

 

Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)