2023 June 13 evening

   Marie O’Shaughnessy sends some butterfly photographs from Mount Tolmie, June 12:

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon  (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus  (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Here are some photographs from Jeff Gaskin and Kirsten Mills’s trip described in yesterday’s Invert.

Clodius Parnassian Parnassius clodius  (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Kirsten Mills

Clodius Parnassian Parnassius clodius  (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Kirsten Mills

Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Kirsten Mills

Jeremy Tatum writes:  This moth was on the wall of my Saanich apartment building this morning:

White Satin Moth Leucoma salicis  (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Jeremy Tatum

Gordon Hart writes from the Highlands:  Yesterday, June 12, I saw two flies flying around each other and confronting each other until flying off.  The two flies were quite different-looking, so I wonder if it is a male-female interaction, or two species being territorial?

Jeremy Tatum replies:  In spite of the different appearance, I suspect (only!) that they are of the same species.  I think (not 100 percent certain) that they are probably Narcissus Bulb Flies Merodon equestris.

Gordon continues:  We still had both Pale and Western Tiger Swallowtails, Lorquin’s Admirals , and two slightly worn Green Commas.

Green Comma Polygonia faunus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)   Gordon Hart

Probably Merodon equestris  (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Gordon Hart