April 25
2018 April 25
Gordon Hart photographed a beetle at Witty’s Lagoon yesterday, and we are much indebted to Scott Gilmore for identifying it as an Oregon Tiger Beetle. Gordon also writes that yesterday in his Highlands garden he saw two Green Commas, and a Sara Orangetip as well as a number of Western Spring Azures.
Oregon Tiger Beetle Cicindela oregona (Col.: Carabidae – Cicindelinae) Gordon Hart
Jochen Moehr continues to find lots of moths in his moth trap in Metchosin. He counted 22 Melanolophia imitata this morning. Here is one of them:
Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Moehr
Next is a pug, probably Eupithecia ravocostaliata, though since we are not entirely certain how to distinguish this species from E. nevadata, we’ll put both names in the caption.
Eupithecia ravocostaliata/nevadata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Moehr
Next, another pug. Jeremy Tatum’s best guess is that it is either E. annulata or it isn’t.
Probably Eupithecia annulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Moehr
Hydriomena manzanita (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Moehr
Triphosa haesitata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Moehr
Alucita montana (Lep.: Alucitidae) Jochen Moehr
Nola minna (Lep.: Nolidae) Jochen Moehr
Feralia comstocki (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Moehr
Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Moehr
Cissusa indiscreta (Lep.: Erebidae – Erebinae) Jochen Moehr
Adela trigrapha (Lep.: Adelidae) Jochen Moehr
The California Tortoiseshell that has been seen on and off on the Mount Tolmie reservoir since April 19 was still there on April 24 at 3:30 p.m., when Marie O’Shaughnessy obtained this photograph:
California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
Daniel Dönnecke writes: I finally noticed some butterflies today on a hike in Mount Douglas Park. There were four Sara Orangetips, a Western Spring Azure and three Propertius Duskywings.
Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Daniel Dönnecke