2022 September 17

    Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of a Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum from Aylard Farm , September 16.  Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings for confirming the identification.

Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Aziza Cooper

   Jeff Gaskin writes: Yesterday, Sept. 16, I saw an Eight-spotted Skimmer in Cuthbert Holmes Park and a Common Green Darner was in Beacon Hill Park.

   Jeremy Tatum shows two large moth pupae:

Upper:  Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)

Lower: Eyed Hawk Moth Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)

Jeremy Tatum

   He also shows a snail from his Saanich garden:

Cepaea nemoralis (Pul.: Helicidae)  Jeremy Tatum