2018 August 28 evening

 

   We have our first observation for the season of a caterpillar of the Spotted Tiger Moth – found and photographed by Marji  Johns at Brentwood Bay, Auguest 15:

Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Marji Johns

 

Sonia Voicescu writes:  I visited Rithet’s Bog again today and saw the following:

4 Vancouver Island Ringlets

3 Cabbage Whites

44 Woodland Skippers

Most butterflies were concentrated in the wet (pretty dry now) meadow at the south end of the park. The Woodland Skippers were very numerous around thistle patches.

   Alas – Jochen’s Zenophleps lignicolorata seen on this morning’s posting was seen (and eaten!) by a jumping spider, probably Platycryptus californicus.

Platycryptus californicus (Ara.: Salticidae)

Zenophleps lignicolorata (Lep.: Geometridae)

Jochen Möhr