2022 September 20

    Colias Alert!  Kirsten Mills saw four Orange Sulphurs at McIntyre  Reservoir today.  Below  are two photographs.  Kirsten also saw a Lorquin’s Admiral at Sayward Road, as well as the following dragonflies at McIntyre Reservoir: 3 Blue-eyed Darners,  1 Paddle-tailed Darner,  1 Common Green Darner, and 1 Black Saddlebags.

Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme (Lep.: PIeridae)  Kirsten Mills

 

Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme (Lep.: PIeridae)  Kirsten Mills

   Jeff Gaskin saw, at the north end of the Blenkinsop Lake bridge:  1 White-faced Meadowhawk,  4+ Blue-eyed Darners,  1 Blue Dasher,  and 1 Eight-spotted Skimmer.

 

  Here are more arthropods photographed by Ian Cooper at the same place as his Udea:

Helophilus sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Honey Bee Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Araneus diadematus (Ara.: Araneidae) Ian Cooper

 

Syrphus sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Uncertain but possibly Myathropa florea (Dip.: Syrphidae)