2023 August 13

   Here is another of the moths that Val George photographed at his Oak Bay house yesterday (August 12):

Plemyria georgii  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Val George

Mike McGrenere photographed this caterpillar and the dragonflies at McIntyre reservoir today, August 13:

Virginia Ermine  Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Mike McGrenere

Common Green Darners Anax junius (Odo.: Aeshnidae) Mike McGrenere

Kirsten Mills photographed this dragonfly at Muir Creek August 11, identified by Dr Rob Cannings and Jeremy Gatten as a Shadow Darner:

Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa  (Odo.: Aeshnidae) Kirsten Mills.

   Aziza Cooper reports that, at the top of Mount Tolmie at 6:30 this evening, were two Painted Ladies and a Red Admiral.