2021 May 10

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  We showed eggs and young caterpillars of the Eglantine Sheep Moth on April 4, 5, 18, 22.  Here is one of the caterpillars grown a little more.  It is not nearly full grown yet.

 

Eglantine Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   Val George writes:  Spring has really sprung.  This morning, May 10, whilst birding along the power line crossing Prospect Lake Road, I saw an abundance of butterflies:  Many (two to three dozen) Western Spring Azures, two Sara Orangetips, one Cabbage White, one Propertius Duskywing, one  Comma, and one Western Tiger Swallowtail.

 

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Val George

Comma Polygonia sp. (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Val George