July 10 morning

 

   Nathan Fisk writes:   I had a very quick view of what I’d label as a Great Arctic at the summit of Malcolm Mountain.  It landed but for a moment before flying off again but the colouring, pattern and size point to the Arctic.  

 

   Rosemary Jorna writes:  I seem to have been observing some interesting behaviours lately.  These two Yellow Spotted Millipedes Harpaphe haydeniana were travelling piggyback on the rocks just above the tide line near Sombrio Point earlier yesterday.

 

 

Harpaphe haydeniana (Polydesmida:  Xystodesmidae) Rosemary Jorna

 

 

Harpaphe haydeniana (Polydesmida:  Xystodesmidae) Rosemary Jorna

 

 

Here are more moths from Metchosin, photographed by Jochen Möhr and identified by Libby Avis.

 

Malacosoma (probably californica)  (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr)

 

 

Panthea virginarius (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Oligocentria pallida (Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen Möhr

 

 

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides (Drepanidae – Thyatirinae) Jochen Möhr

 

Amorbia cuneana  (Lep.:  Tortricidae) Jochen Möhr

Furcula scolopendrina (Lep.: Notodontidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr

 

Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr