October 3
2016 October 3
Liam Singh sends a photograph of a female Oak Treehopper.
Oak Treehopper Platycotis vittatus (Hem.: Membracidae) Liam Singh
Libby Avis sends some recent moth photographs from Port Alberni: Eupsilia tristigmata September 24; Fishia discors September 26; Pleromelloida cinerea September 27.
Eupsilia tristigmata (Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis
Fishea discors (Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis 
Pleromelloida cinerea (Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis
Jeremy Tatum writes: Although the butterfly season is almost at a close, there were still several Cabbage Whites to be seen in the Martindale-Island View area yesterday.
He also writes: The pupa below looks much like many other pupae. Can one tell what it is? Well, the reddish rings between the abdominal segments mark it as a member of the Thyatirinae.
Habrosyne scripta (Lep.: Drepanidae – Thyatirinae) Jeremy Tatum
Mike Yip photographed a Striped Meadowhawk at Stamp River last week. Thanks to Rob Cannings for putting us right on this one. I (Jeremy Tatum) had originally mis-labelled it.
Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes (Odo.: Libellulidae) Mike Yip