2023 May 19 morning

 

Yesterday, Ron Flower saw three Propertius Duskywings at Goldstream Park – interesting, because there appear to be no Garry Oaks (the larval foodplant) anywhere near.   Here is a male, photographed by Ron:

Male Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)

  Ron Flower

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I visited Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:50 pm yesterday.  It was slightly windy, so not nearly as many butterflies as on the previous day.  On the reservoir there were a California Tortoiseshell, a West Coast Lady and a Pale Tiger Swallowtail, and, flying around the Laburnums, as also noted by Gordon Hart, an Anise Swallowtail.

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes:  I spent some time on Mount Tolmie yesterday afternoon. Although sunny it was also breezy, so Swallowtails didn’t put down.  Constantly on the wing.

I saw

2 Mourning Cloak

2 Pale Tiger Swallowtail

2 Cabbage White

3 Western Tiger Swallowtail

3 Western Spring Azure

Mourning Cloak  Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Mourning Cloak  Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

Marie O’Shaughnessy

Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here is a caterpillar from the Stinging Nettles along Lochside Trail north of Blenkinsop Lake.

Hypena californica   (Lep.: Erebidae – Hypeninae)  Jeremy Tatum