2022 August 25 evening

    Jeff Gaskin reports:  Yesterday, August 24, there was a Grey Hairstreak at Panama Flats seen along the central dyke closest to Interurban Road.  This is only the second report of this butterfly in Invert Alert this year.

Ian Cooper sends a group of photographs taken recently in the Victoria area of several pollinating insects.

Hover fly Eupeodes fumipennis (Dip.: Syrphidae) on Chicory    Ian Cooper

 

 

 

Eristalis arbustorum  (Dip.: Syrphidae) on Queen Anne’s Lace (Wild Carrot)   Ian Cooper

We are grateful to Dr J. Skevington for help with the identification of these two syrphids.

Resin Bee Dianthidium sp. (Hym.: Megachilidae) on Gumweed  Ian Cooper

Leafcutter bee Megachile (possibly perihirta) (Hym.: Megachilidae) on Perennial Pea

Ian Cooper

Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides (Lep.: Hesperiidae) on Douglas Aster

Ian Cooper

 

Small Carpenter Bee Ceratina sp. (Hym.: Apidae) on probably Spear Mint

  Ian Cooper