2024 April 14 morning

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes:  On April 13 I went up to Mount Douglas at 3:00 pm and saw three Sara Orangetips, but they weren’t putting down at all.  Very active and long gaps between sightings.

I had better luck at 5:30 pm at Mount Tolmie. When I arrived, there was one very worn California Tortoiseshell on the pathway outside the reservoir railings and a Western Spring Azure resting or nectaring on the Oregon Grape flowers.

California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Jeremy Tatum found this woodling moth on the wall of his apartment building in Saanich this morning, April 14:

Egira curialis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum