July 17 morning

 

    Jochen Möhr writes that he counted 8 Pine Whites yesterday while he was driving towards town along the Hatley Park (Royal Roads University) property along Metchosin Road.  And Nathan Fisk reports his first-of-year at Fort Rodd Hill (photograph below).

 

Pine White Neophasia menapia (Lep.: Pieridae)  Nathan Fisk

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Everyone knows that the difference between a butterfly and a moth is that a butterfly is brightly coloured and a moth isn’t.  Here’s a moth from Island View Beach just to prove it.

 

Garden Tiger Moth Arctia caja (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jeremy Tatum