2022 September 12

    Jochen Möhr sends a photograph of a caterpillar of Acronicta dactylina  from Metchosin.

Acronicta dactylina (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Marie O’Shaugnessy sends photographs of a variety of dragonflies from the Cowichan Valley and from Swan Lake.

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odo.: Aeshnidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Common Green Darner Anax junius (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes (Odo.: Libellulidae)    Marie O’Shaughnessy

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Autumn, or Yellow-legged Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum (Odo.: Libellulidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

   Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of a late Lorquin’s Admiral from Sooke Potholes today.

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Rosemary Jorna