August 9 morning

 

    Here are two further photographs (which I had overlooked earlier) from the Sunday August 5 Butterfly Walk, by Val George.   And thanks to Val for pointing out my misidentification (since corrected) of Aziza’s grasshopper (August 6 morning).

 

Trimeroptropis verruculata (Orth.: Acrididae)  Val George

 

 

“Western” Branded Skipper Hesperia comma colorado (Lep.: Hesperiidae)

Val George

   You never know what weirdos you might find walking on a downtown sidewalk in Victoria.  This is what Cheryl Hoyle found yesterday (and presumably photographed later in more natural surroundings):

 

Banded Alder Borer Rosalia funebris (Col.: Cerambycidae)   Cheryl Hoyle

 

 

   Aziza Cooper writes:  Yesterday, August 8, I found some Milkweed at the McTavish Park & Ride near the airport. It seems that the landscapers are planting “native” plants, but not necessarily local native plants.

 

   Although this is not an “invertebrate”, writes Jeremy Tatum, I thought it would be worthwhile to post the photograph, since it is obviously of interest to butterfly watchers, being the foodplant, of course, of the Milkweed butterfly.

Milkweed Asclepias sp.  (Gen.: Apocynaceae)  Aziza Cooper