2021 July 2

    Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

1 Brachyloma rectifascia

1 Eupithecia sp.  

1 Furcula scolopendrina

4 Malacosoma californicum

 

Brachyloma rectifascia  (Lep.:  Noctuidae)   Jochen Möhr

Furcula scolopendrina Lep.: Notodontidae)   Jochen Möhr

Female Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Rosemary Jorna sends pictures from Otter Point of a cicada and a beewolf  (not to be confused with Beowulf!).

Cicada Okanagana sp. (Hem.: Cicadidae)  Rosemary Jorna

Beewolf Philanthus crabroniformis (Hym.: Crabronidae)  Rosemary Jorna

   Marie O’Shaughnessy sends a photograph of a male Polyphemus Moth found in a garden along Tudor Road, Ten Mile Point, on June 8

Antheraea polyphemus (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

Here’s a caterpillar of a Vapourer  or Rusty Tussock moth from Swan Lake:

Rusty Tussock or Vapourer Orgyia antiqua (Lep.:  Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Jeremy Tatum