2019 May 8 evening

 

   A difficult one from Jochen’s haul this morning.  Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying it as Hydriomena sp.   Perhaps californiata or marinata  – but sometimes these highflyers are just too hard to be sure.  Sometimes it seems that the variation within a species is greater than the differences between them!

 

Hydriomena sp.  (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Mike Yip writes from Nanoose:   Western Pine Elfins are finally back to guarding the trail at Cross Road.  I saw three today along with several Western Spring Azures and one Grey Hairstreak. 

 

Western Pine Elfin Incisalia eryphon (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Mike Yip