2021 June 26

 

   Aziza Cooper writes:  On, June 23 at Swan Lake there were at least ten Lorquin’s Admirals. There was also a small moth above the entrance of the Nature Centre. The afternoon before, June 22, at Swan Lake, I took photos of a bee and an interesting dragonfly with a smoky blue colour [kindly identified by Dr Rob Cannings as a male Blue Dasher – JBT]

 

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

Eulithis xylina (Lep.: Geometridae)  Aziza Cooper

 

Honey Bee Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae) Aziza Cooper

 

Male Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper

      Rosemary Jorna photographed this spider in the Kemp Lake area on June 25.  Misidentified by Jeremy Tatum (well, I got the Order right – I knew it was a spider) and properly identified by Dr Robb Bennett.

Crab spider Xysticus sp. (Ara.: Thomisidae)   Rosemary Jorna

   Jochen Möhr sends these from Metchosin:

Male Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr

Female Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr

Yellow Douglas Fir Borer Centrodera spurca (Col.: Cerambycidae)  Jochen Möhr

Brown House Moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Lep.:  Oecophoridae)  Jochen Möhr