2022 March 26

   Gordon Hart writes from Highlands:  On Wednesday  March 23, I saw two Green Commas. Yesterday, Friday March 25, I saw several black and white moths, Mesoleuca gratulata, a nice sign of spring, and several species of bumblebee.  I am enclosing a photo of what I think may be a Bombus melanopygus, or Black-tailed Bumblebee. The other bees were B. vosnesenskii, and possibly B. bifarius.  I think the small brownish and white moths, Enchoria lacteata, were flying as well, but I could not find one perched.

 

Mesoleuca gratulata (Lep.: Geometridae)   Gordon Hart

 

Bombus melanopygus (Hym.: Apidae)  Gordon Hart