2021 August 5 morning

    Colias alert!   From Ron Flower:   On Wednesday August  4 we went to McIntyre reservoir (McIntyre Road, Central Saanich) around 1:00 pm. and saw a Sulphur butterfly, probably an Orange. Unfortunately we could not catch up with it, so no photo. Nothing like chasing through the Teasel with shorts on!

Aziza Cooper sends photographs of two moths from the Swan Lake Nature House, August 3.   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Hey!  I think that first one is the same individual that I photographed and posted yesterday!

 

Leucania sp.(probably farcta or oregona) (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

Next, a nice plusiine – a new one for this site.

 

Plusia nichollae (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)  Aziza Cooper

 

Jeremy Tatum writes that the Satyr Comma caterpillar shown on July 29 has now pupated:

 

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

Bryan Gates sends a photograph of a male Eight-spotted Skimmer from Highland Pacific Golf Course, August 4.  For a female, see tomorrow’s posting.

 

Male Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Bryan Gates