2021 May 20 morning

 

   Identification updates.  Libby Avis points out that a moth I had labelled on May 17 as Venusia sp is actually Lobophora sp.  And a caterpillar on May 16, which I had speculated might be Polygonia faunus, has now been confirmed as that species.  I have made the necessary changes to these pages.

 

   On consecutive days, May 18, 19, Derrick Marvin had two of our largest and most spectacular moths in his Duncan garden:

 

 

Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Derrick Marven

 

Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae)   Derrick Marven

 

 

   Jeff Gaskin reports a latish Sara Orangetip  by the parking lot at Thetis Lake Park, May 19.