2018 May 3 morning

 

    Val George and Jeremy Tatum met briefly at about 4:30 yesterday (May 2) afternoon at  the Mount Tolmie reservoir, where we saw the California Tortoiseshell basking on the concrete at the same place where is has been seen since April 19.  And a Sara Orangetip flew by.

 

    Samantha Hatfield sends a photograph of a Western Brown Elfin – near her house not far from the Royal Jubilee Hospital.  Nice to see a butterfly like this in such an urban area.  Also a caterpillar of the Silver-spotted Tiger Moth.

 

Western Brown Elfin Incisalia iroides (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Samantha Hatfield

 

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Samantha Hatfield