2022 November 24

    Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of a Western Conifer Seed Bug from View Royal yesterday.

Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hem.: Coreidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin: After a long hiatus, an Erannis vancouverensis was on our wall yesterday morning.

Erannis vancouverensis/defoliaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

Jeremy Tatum writes:  I retain my long-held suspicions that this may actually be the European E.defoliaria.    Also, in Saanich, I have had the same experience as Jochen, with a long hiatus.  Until yesterday, November 23, I had seen only two Winter Moths this November – on November 11 and 15.  Then suddenly, yesterday, four turned up at the back door of my apartment building.

 

Yesterday, November 23, Jochen also photographed the beautiful moth below.  Libby Avis writes: That’s a really pretty moth. It’s an Acleris for sure (family Tortricidae), but they’re notoriously difficult to sort out – lots of variation even among individuals of the same species. Haven’t seen one like that, so I sent it to Dave Holden who does a lot of work on micro moths. He thinks Acleris semiannula is probably the closest match, but he hasn’t seen that pattern form either, so it’s just a best guess – it would need dissection to be sure.

Acleris (probably semiannula) (Lep.: Tortricidae) Jochen Möhr