2022 May 8

    Here is an upperside shot of Rosemary Jorna’s huge Ceanothus Silk Moth (see the May 6 posting), vibrating its forewings just prior to taking off after laying seven eggs.

Female Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Rosemary Jorna

   Jochen Möhr writes:  Coming home from an errand yesterday, I was greeted by this crane fly.  Never saw one like this before.   Claudia Copley writes:  It is so cool!  Darren found one ages ago at Goldstream – most likely Ctenophora vittata, also known as Phoroctenia vittata.

Male Ctenophora vittata (Dip.: Tipulidae – Ctenophorinae)   Jochen Möhr

 

Male Ctenophora vittata (Dip.: Tipulidae – Ctenophorinae)   Jochen Möhr