2022 June 29

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  This moth flew into my Saanich apartment (right opposite that Bank of Montreal!) this morning, and it perched on my leg.  It is rather worn but still just recognizable, I think, as Apamea amputatrix:

 

Apamea amputatrix (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jeremy Tatum

   By contrast, the next moth is pristine fresh, just out of its pupa.  It is the third and last of the three Coryphista meadii that I managed to rear successfully from eggs this year.

Coryphista meadii (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum