2023 April 28
2023 April 28
Mike McGrenere reports a Sara Orangetip and a Western Spring Azure from Royal Oak Golf Course, April 26. Jeremy Tatum reports today, April 28: a Mourning Cloak from Carey Road near Huxley Street, and a Sara Orangetip, a Propertius Duskywing and a Western Spring Azure from Christmas Hill, and another Western Spring Azure from Swan Lake. Ron Flower reports today a Sara Orangetip and a Propertius Duskywing from the parking lot at Weir’s Beach. Cheryl Hoyle photographed a Western Spring Azure in Uplands Park.

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Cheryl Hoyle
Cabbage Whites are now being reported from several places.
Ian Cooper photographed this globose springtail from the Galloping Goose Trail at
View Royal, April 27. We are grateful to Dr Frans Janssens for its identification.

Ptenothrix beta (Coll.: Dicyrtomenidae) Ian Cooper

Ptenothrix beta (Coll.: Dicyrtomenidae) Ian Cooper