2017 September 3 evening

 

   Some remarkable caterpillars have been turning up recently.  Here’s an exciting one discovered by Moralea Milne on Camas Hill on September 1, feeding on Ocean Spray Holodiscus discolor.  It is an American Lappet Moth.

 

American Lappet Phyllodesma americana (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Moralea Milne

 

   And a full-grown caterpillar of a White-lined Hawk Moth found at McIntyre Reservoir during a VNHS Butterfly Walk on September 3.  This is another colour variety of the caterpillar – compare it with the one on June 22.

 

White-lined Hawk Moth Hyles lineata (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   From the large to the small, here is a small moth photographed by Jody Wells on Cordova Spit, August 27.  There are lots of these small “grass moths” belonging to the Family Crambidae and (writes Jeremy Tatum) I haven’t yet learned how to identify them to species.

 

Grass moth (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jody Wells

 

…and I’m afraid that I still haven’t caught up.  More pictures tomorrow.  Jeremy