2019 April 30

 

    Jeremy Tatum found this beetle at the waterfront along Beach Drive on April 29.   Thanks to Charlene Wood for the identification.

 

Eleodes (Blapylis)sp. (Col.: Tenebrionidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

Eleodes (Blapylis)sp. (Col.: Tenebrionidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Val George writes: This morning, April 30, the Tuesday birding group saw an Anise Swallowtail at Cattle Point and a Propertius Duskywing  on Mount Tolmie.

Coordinates:  Anise Swallowtail:  48.438516/-123.292919

                         Propertius Duskywing:  48.458075/-123.325452

 

 

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Val George

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  There were two California Tortoiseshells on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 4:30 this afternoon.  I also got a brief glimpse of what I thought was a Western Tiger Swallowtail, but I’m not sure.

 

   Charlene Wood sends a picture of a small bee, which Annie Pang and Linc Best agree with Charlene is a female Adrena sp.

 

Mining bee Adrena sp. (Hym.: Adrenidae)  Charlene Wood

 

 

  Annie Pang photographed a female California Darner at Gorge Community Park on April 28.  Thanks to Rob Cannings for the identification.

 

California Darner Rhionaeschna californica (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Annie Pang

 

California Darner Rhionaeschna californica (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Annie Pang

 

 

      There’s a long line of moths waiting for tomorrow morning’s posting!