2024 October 1

   The following was received from Bruce Whittington.   Can anyone help with this?  E.g. Identify the wasp with reasonable certainty?  Or any information about wasps gaining access to nectar like this?  Or anything pertaining to this about about the plant Cuphea?

Cuphea  and wasp      Bruce Whittington

Val George writes:  This Brown-lined Looper, Neoalcis californiaria, was on the wall of the Nature House at Goldstream Park yesterday, September 30. Seems a little late for this species.  [Yes, writes Jeremy Tatum, a little late but not very much.]

Neoalcis californiaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)    Val George