2016 May 11

 

   Annie Pang asks if anyone can identify this bee, please?   Me, too – Jeremy

 

Bee for identification  (Hymenoptera)   Annie Pang

Devon Parker sends some recent observations and photographs.

 

May 7

Mount Brenton, Chemainus

1 Spring Azure

2 Mourning Cloaks (one high elevation and one low elevation.)

1 Western Pine Elfin

3 Silvery Blue

 

May 10

West Coast Rd (Sooke to French Creek)

1 Western Tiger Swallowtail

5 Pale Tiger Swallowtail

 

Upper Jordan River (Eastside)

1 Two-banded Grizzled Skipper (Deposited eggs on underside of Trailing Blackberry)

[This is a very interesting observation!   Jeremy Tatum]

7 Western Brown Elfin

1 Cedar Hairstreak

1 Grey Hairstreak

 

San Juan Ridge, Jordan River

1 Field Crescent (Huge Specimen. 2-inch wingspan.)

3 Western Pine Elfin

1 Western Brown Elfin

2 Silvery Blue

1 Two-banded Grizzled Skipper

 

Two-banded Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus ruralis (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Devon Parker

Female Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta ( Lep.: Nymphalidae) Devon Parker

Johnson’s  Hairstreak Loranthomitoura johnsoni (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Devon Parker

Western Brown Elfin Incisalia iroides (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Devon Parker

Western Pine Elfin Incisalia eryphon (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Devon Parker