2018 May 1

 

   Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of bunch of caterpillars of the Sheep Moth from Uplands Park, April 30.  These caterpillars may give a mild (or not-so-mild) rash if handled.  I couldn’t think of a suitable collective noun for a bunch of gregarious caterpillars, so I just used “bunch”.  Suggestions welcome.  Their usual foodplants are either Ocean Spray or Snowberry.

 

 

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

 

   Annie Pang sends a photograph of the parasitoidal tachinid fly Epalpus signifer.

 

Epalpus signifer (Dip.: Tachinidae)  Annie Pang

  Gerry and Wendy Ansell write:  

Today at the top of Mount Douglas we got our first swallowtail of the year – an Anise Swallowtail.

Also at the top were two Sara Orangetips and one Western Spring Azure.