2023 August 10

   Cheryl Hoyle photographed these three insects in View Royal today (and identified them, writes Jeremy Tatum, which is a great help!)

Green Bottle  Lucilia (probably sericata) (Dip.:  Calliphoridae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Western Polished Lady Beetle Cycloneda polita
(Col.: Coccinellidae)
Cheryl Hoyle

Delicate Apple-capsid Bug Malacocoris chlorizans (Hem.: Miridae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Richard Rycraft writes:  I have attached a picture of a sadly deceased moth I found on my Oak Bay patio I think it is Lophocampa argentata.   [So do I!  Jeremy Tatum]

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata
(Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)
Richard Rycraft

Jeremy Tatum saw a Painted Lady and a Red Admiral on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:00 pm today, August 10.