2022 October 3 morning

    Here are some photographs from along the Galloping Goose trail, near Harriet Road, taken in the last few days by Ian Cooper.

 

Drone fly  Eristalis  arbustorum (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Ian Cooper

Lesser House Fly Fannia (probably canicularis) (Dip.: Fanniidae)

Ian Cooper

Lesser House Fly Fannia (probably canicularis) (Dip.: Fanniidae)

Ian Cooper

 

Lesser House Fly Fannia (probably canicularis) (Dip.: Fanniidae)

Ian Cooper

Lixus rubellus (Col.: Curculionidae)  Ian Cooper

Lixus rubellus (Col.: Curculionidae)  Ian Cooper

 

More photographs by Marie O’Shaughnessy from McIntyre reservoir.

Sulphur Colias philodice/eurytheme (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

   In the photograph below, we are not certain of the lefthand butterfly.  The one in flight is probably a Clouded Sulphur C. philodice

Sulphurs Colias  (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

   Autographa californica (Lep.: Noctuidae – Plusiinae)

  Marie O’Shaughnessy