2024 July 18 morning

On July 15, Marie O’Shaughnessy wrote:

I saw these dragonflies at Swan Lake:
48 Blue Dashers
4 Western Pondhawks
1 Common Green Darner
2 Blue-eyed Darners
3  Eight-spotted Spotted Skimmers
4  Black Saddlebags
2 Cardinal Meadowhawks
1  Four-spotted Skimmers 

 Marie sent these photographs:

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis  (Odo.: libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Pondhawks  Erythemis collocata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Black Saddlebags  Tramea lacerata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Black Saddlebags  Tramea lacerata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

A photograph of a lady beetle that was formerly here has been moved to 2024 July 18 evening.

The photograph below, taken at Jeremy Tatum’s Saanich apartment, is obviously a pug of the genus Eupithecia  – but beyond that I don’t think we can go.

Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum