2023 June 14
2023 June 14
Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of a Painted Lady on a dirt trail below the benches east of the north parking lot at Mount Tolmie, on the morning of June 13.
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
Marie O’Shaughnessy writes: Essex Skippers, many (10) seen along Beach Drive at the Hooker’s Onion patch by the entrance gate of Uplands Park, June 13, 2023, and another along West Saanich Road.
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy
Marie also saw, along West Saanich Road, an Eight-spotted Skimmer catch a beetle in flight and rest on a perch to munch upon it.
Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy