2023 July 7

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes: Lots of dragonflies at Swan Lake, July 6 morning. A Blue-eyed Darner was hovering nicely . A Black Saddlebags was zooming around, but never at rest. Still many Blue Dashers, and 1 Cardinal Meadowhawk

The most abundant butterfly was the Lorquin’s Admiral (7).  Three Western Tiger Swallowtails, 2 Cabbage Whites.

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor  (Odo. Aeshnidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

    Jochen photographed a Lorquin’s Admiral and a female Cabbage White in Metchosin.  How did Jochen know it was a female?  Two black spots on the forewing.  The male has only one.  Will someone photograph a male for us, please, so that we can see the difference?   We also need an adult male Malacosoma disstria.   And a pallida Essex Skipper.

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Jochen Möhr

Female Cabbage White  Pieris rapae  (Lep.: Pieridae)  Jochen Möhr