2022 March 13

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  This small moth was in my Saanich apartment a few days ago.  Fairly sure that it is a slightly worn Indian Meal Moth.  Not native in these parts.  I don’t think it’s native to India, either.  So called because the caterpillar feeds on Indian Meal, whatever that is.

Indian Meal Moth Plodia interpunctella (Lep.: Pyralidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   Jeremy continues:  This unprepossessing caterpillar was on Carey Road, Victoria, this morning:

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum