2016 September 14 morning

   Now is the season for woolly bear caterpillars.   Two different sorts appeared on the September 11 posting.  Ron Flower sends pictures of a third species, from Panama Flats, September 12.  These are colour varieties of the Yellow Woolly Bear Spilosoma virginica.  Keep a look-out for the Banded Woolly Bear.  October is their peak season, but a few will probably be spotted in September. Panama Flats is a good location to find them.

Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Ron Flower

Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Ron Flower

   Ron also photographed a male Purplish Copper on Grindelia at the sand parking lot by the pump house on Island View Beach, September 12.

Purplish Copper  Lycaena helloides (Lep.:  Lycaenidae)   Ron Flower

   Jeff Gaskin tells us that yesterday, September 13, he and the Tuesday Group saw a Red Admiral in flight over the Lochside trail between Dooley and Sayward Roads.

   Rosemary Jorna sends some photographs of grasshoppers from Broom Hill.  Thanks to James Miskelly for the identifications.

Camnula pellucida (Orth.: Acrididae)  Rosemary Jorna

 Trimerotropis fontana (Orth.: Acrididae)  Rosemary Jorna

Trimerotropis fontana (Orth.: Acrididae)  Rosemary Jorna