2022 May 24

   On May 23 Val George had, on his Oak Bay property, a rather worse-for-wear Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus, which he spared the indignity of being photographed when not at its best.

   And today he had at his home the woodling (Egira sp.) shown below.  At this time of year we have come to dread the problem of distinguishing between Egira crucialis from E. simplex.  Some of them are easy; others are less so.  Libby Avis and Jeremy Tatum are in agreement that this is one of the difficult individuals;  one of us leans towards crucialis, while the other opts for simplex. Thus we’ll have to be content with labelling this one as an either/or.

Egira crucialis/ simplex (Lep.: Noctuidae)

   Jeremy Tatum photographed today the little white moth below from Swan Lake:

 

Euceratia castella (Lep.: Plutellidae)  Jeremy Tatum