2022 July 25 morning

    A welcome bunch of pictures of moths, beetles and slugs came in recently, from Cheryl Hoyle (Metchosin),  Val George (Oak Bay) and Jochen Möhr (Metchosin).

 

Polyphylla crinita  (Col.: Scarabaeidae)  Val George

 Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Val George

 

Val writes: On July 24, this Rosaceous Leaf Roller, Choristoneura rosaceana, was on the wall of my Oak Bay house.  Also there were 2 Common Emeralds, Hemithea aestivaria, 2 Silver-spotted Tiger Moths, Lophocampa argentata, and 4 Idaea dimidiata.

 

 

Banana Slug Ariolimax columbianus (Pul.: Arionidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

Nemoria unitaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

 

Campaea perlata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Habrosyne scripta (Drepanidae – Thyatirinae)  Jochen Möhr

Idaea dimidiata (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

    This moth, Idaea dimidiata seems to be quite abundant just now in many places.

 

 

Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

In addition to this variety of moths at his Metchosin home, Jochen also reports a Polyphemus Moth.

Centrodera spurca (Col.: Cerambycidae)  Jochen Möhr