2019 May 2 morning

 

   Val George writes:  Yesterday, May 1, two of these small moths, Pyrausta californicalis, were checking out the mint plants in my Oak Bay garden.

 

Pyrausta californicalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Val George

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Yesterday, May 1, this caterpillar, Hedya nubiferana, was checking out the Cotoneaster plants in my Saanich garden.

Hedya nubiferana (Lep.: Tortricdae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   And lots of moths have been visiting Jochen Möhr in Metchosin:

                 May 1                                                  May 2

12 Hydriomena manzanita                          1 Eupithecia

7 Melanolophia imitata                               1 Egira crucialis

3 Eupithecias                                                  1 Egira rubrica

3 Feralia comstocki                                       1 Feralia comostocki

2 Orthosia transparens                                1 Hydriomena manzanita

1 each of                                                         1 Perizoma curvilinea

Lobophora nivigerata                                  1 Phyllodesma americana

Perizoma curvilinea                                     1 Anticlea vasiliata

Phylodesma Americana

Venusia obsoleta

Anticlea vasiliata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr