2023 September 6

   Ron Flower photographed a butterfly and a beetle at Outerbridge Park on September 4:

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)   Ron Flower

June Beetle Polyphylla crinita (Col.: Scarabaeidae)  Ron Flower

Jeff Gaskin writes: On September 2, I went up Christmas Hill and between 4:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m there was a very worn Red Admiral and an even more worn Painted Lady there.

Marie O’Shaughnessy saw a fresh-looking Painted Lady on the ramp to the water at McIntyre reservoir, September 5.  She also saw a Common Green Darner, two Paddle-tailed Darners, a Cardinal Meadowhawk and a male Variegated Meadowhawk, shown below.

Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
(Odo.: Libellulidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  The caterpillar shown below was found along the railway line north of Cowichan Station in June.  The adult moth emerged from its pupa yesterday, September 5.  The larval foodplant was Geum macrophyllum.

Xylena curvimacula (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Xylena curvimacula (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum