2019 May 15 evening

 

   Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of Spilosoma virginica, reared from a Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar found last year in the Blenkinsop valley, where the moth was released today.

 

Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   He writes:  Today I spent about 45 minutes on the Panhandle Trail off Munn Road, and I saw 16 Western Spring Azures, one Cedar Hairstreak, and one Sara Orangetip.

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends, from the Kemp Lake area, a photograph of a Narcissus Bulb Fly.

 

Narcissus Bulb Fly  Merodon equestris (Dip.: Syrphidae) Rosemary Jorna

 

More tomorrow…