2021 August 10

    Butterflies are by now becoming quite scarce, except for Woodland Skippers and Cabbage Whites, and there are probably still a few Pine Whites around in Metchosin and Colwood. Jeff Gaskin reports that on August 9 there was a rather late Western Tiger Swallowtail by the Summit Hill reservoir, while Gordon Hart saw a Lorquin’s Admiral in the Highlands.

    We have seen many a Large Yellow Underwing moth on this site, so we may well wonder, if there is a Large one, is there such a thing as a Lesser one?  There is indeed, writes Jeremy Tatum  – and a Lesser Yellow Underwing was in my bedroom in Saanich today.  The last one to appear on this site was in 2015.  Both species, like myself, are invasive European introductions.

 

Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   An accidental overexposure, which won’t win any prizes, shows the markings and pattern a bit better:

Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum