2023 August 20

   Jochen Möhr photographed another Nemoria darwiniata  at his Metchosin house this morning:

Nemoria darwiniata (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a (probably second instar) caterpillar from the flower of Grindelia stricta (as Gumweed is apparently called now) at Island View Beach:

Heliothis phloxiphaga (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

He also shows a caterpillar feeding on Rumex obtusifolia at the University of Victoria today:

Dysstroma citrata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum