June 7

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I managed to get a close-up of the Pyrausta californicalis caterpillar that Val found in his garden yesterday:

 

Pyrausta californicalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Also, a couple of caterpillars that I found on cottonwood at Rithet’s Bog today:

 

Nycteola sp. (Lep.: Nolidae)   Jeremy Tatum

 

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  Last Tuesday,  July 03, Kirsten Mills and I drove along Nanaimo River Road;  between kms 9 and 14 we saw at least 8 Clodius Parnassians and 1 Grey Hairstreak.  Also, there we saw many Lorquin’s Admirals, Western Tiger Swallowtails, and some Pale Tiger Swallowtails.

 

  Jochen Möhr sends photographs of three Lacinipolia strigicollis  from Metchosin.  Thanks to Libby Avis for identification.  One might guess that the bluer individuals are fresher – though the one without blue seems to be in very good condition, so maybe we need to guess again.

 

Lacinipolia strigicollis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Lacinipolia strigicollis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Lacinipolia strigicollis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes that at 6:45 pm this evening there was a Painted Lady on the Mount Tolmie reservoir, and three more near the Jeffery Pine.

 

   More tomorrow – we have a backlog, which is a nice thing to have.