2018 May 19 morning

 

         Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

 

Lacinipolia cuneata	1
Drepana arcuata	1
Drepanulatrix sp.	1
Egira perlubens	2
Perizoma costiguttata	1
Perizoma curvilinea	1
Tyria jacobaeae	3
Venusia obsoleta	4

Lacinipolia cuneata (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 

Egira perlubens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Drepana arcuata (Lep.: Drepanidae) Jochen Möhr

 

   Libby Avis saw her first Polyphemus Moth of the year at Port Alberni yesterday.

 

   Aziza Cooper writes:  Yesterday evening, May 18 at 7:30pm, I found two Painted Ladies on the north summit of Christmas Hill. The rock was still warm from the sun, although it was cloudy.

 

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

 

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes: Yesterday afternoon between 4-5 pm, May 18th,  I saw 3 Propertius Duskywings in the open areas near the  fading camas meadows on Mount Tolmie. Later I stopped off at the reservoir area and found a Western Spring Azure and 2 Painted Ladies. Also a brief sighting of a swallowtail.  It took off just as I arrived so unable to confirm species. 

 

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy