2021 November 28

      On November 26 Val George took photographs of several  winter moths Operophtera sp. at Goldstream Park, where three species occur, in the hope of possibly finding O. occidentalis.  I agree with Val, writes Jeremy Tatum, that probably all of the ones photographed are O. brumata, although the first two might marginally just be O. occidentalis.   Just to be safe, I’ll label these two “sp.”

Operophtera sp. (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Val George

 

 

Operophtera sp. (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Val George

 

Operophtera brumata (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Val George

 

Operophtera brumata (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Val George

 

Operophtera brumata (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Val George

     Val also photographed there a noctuid moth, identified for us by Libby Avis as Sunira decipiens.

 Sunira decipiens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Val George