2015 July 11

   Jeremy Tatum writes:   Here is a caterpillar of a Western Tiger Swallowtail on an Aspen leaf.

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus (Lep.: Papilionidae) Jeremy Tatum

   Scott Gilmore writes:  I had a quiet moment and managed to go through a few photos from the last few nights. For various reasons I have been able to check my lights in the middle of the night when they were most active so I turned up a few less common (for me) moths. Around 2 a.m. on the night of the heaviest smoke was the busiest I have ever seen my lights with huge numbers of species that I often only see singly. 

  Jeremy Tatum responds:  Scott sent a wonderful bunch of exciting photographs, which I’m going to divide between today and tomorrow!

Pyrausta californicalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Scott Gilmore

Furcula scolopendrina (Lep.: Notodontidae)  Scott Gilmore

Arched Hooktip Drepana arcuata (Lep.: Drepanidae)  Scott Gilmore

Isomira comstocki (Col.: Tenebrionidae)  Scott Gilmore

European Pine Shoot Moth

Rhyacionia buoliana (Lep.: Tortricidae)

Scott Gilmore