2019 May 1 morning

 

   Jochen Möhr’s April 31 haul, Metchosin:

15 Eupithecia spp.

9 Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli

9 Melanolophia imitata

8 Hydriomena manzanita

2 Cladara limitaria

2 Feralia comstocki

2 Xanthorhoe defensaria

1 Behrensia conchiformis

1 Egira crucialis

1 Egira curialis

1 Egira rubrica

1 Perizoma curvilinea

1 Lobophora nivigerata

1 Triphosa haesitata

   Some photographs.  Thanks to Libby Avis for help with the identifications.

Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Cladara limitaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Feralia comstocki (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Lobophora nivigerata (Lep.: Geomtridae)  Jochen Möhr

Perizoma curvilinea (Lep.: Geometridae)

   Jeremy Tatum shows a small moth from Mount Tolmie, May 1:

Euceratia castella (Lep.: Plutellidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Annie Pang sends photographs of a Blue Orchard Bee (Mason Bee) from Gorge Park, April 28.

Osmia lignaria (Hym.:  Megachilidae)  Annie Pang

Osmia lignaria (Hym.:  Megachilidae)  Annie Pang

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of butterflies on April 30.  A comma from Charter’s Creek, a Western Brown Elfin from Todd Creek trestle, and a Cabbage White from Whiffen.  Would anyone out there dare to identify the comma?

Comma Polygonia sp. (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Rosemary Jorna

Western Brown Elfin  Incisalia iroides (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Rosemary Jorna

Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae) Rosemary Jorna