2023 July 6

   No Invert Alert yesterday – computer problems (now cured).  Here are a bunch of photographs received in the meantime.   The Malacosoma californicum moths are the adults of the all-too-familiar orangey-coloured “tent caterpillars”.

   Female Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)
Jochen Möhr

Male Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)
Jochen Möhr

Male Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Val George

Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata
(Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)
Val George

Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Pondhawks Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Pondhawks Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Tule Bluets Enallagma carunculatum  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Blue-green Sharpshooter Hordnia atropunctata
(Hem.: Cicadellidae)
Cheryl Hoyle

   Aziza Cooper writes that today, July 6, there was a Milbert’s Tortoiseshell at Tod Creek Flats.

Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Aziza Cooper

Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Aziza Cooper

Jeff Gaskin writes:  I had a very fresh Mourning Cloak fly by me in Cuthbert Holmes Park this morning, July 6th.

Wanted:  A photo of the forma pallida of the Essex Skipper.   One was seen, but not photographed, during the July 2 Butterfly Walk.  Photographers, please keep a look out for this form.