2019 May 23 evening

 

   Jochen Möhr writes:  We are fairly inundated by lepidoptera.  Four caterpillars of Lophocampa argentata make their way up the walls of our place – probably ready to pupate.   There are Adela septentrionella everywhere.  I went down the driveway to some freshly opened daisy flowers to get some shots, and did indeed get some, which I think are pretty nice.   And I also got pictures of a Cedar Hairstreak, Callophrys gryneus.

 

  Jeremy Tatum writes:  Jochen correctly uses the current (this year’s) scientific name for the Cedar Hairstreak.  For the purposes of Invert Alert, I have to maintain some consistency of nomenclature, and it is impractical (and not very desirable) to try to keep up with all the latest name-changes.  This species has perhaps had more name-changes than any other in the last decade or so. Until very recently, it has been Incisalia rosneri , which is the name used on this site. Who knows what its name will be next year?  I am sure that Shakespeare’s Juliet would have something to say about this.

Cedar Hairstreak Incisalia rosneri  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Jochen Möhr

Cedar Hairstreak Incisalia rosneri  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Jochen Möhr

Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Incurvariidae)  Jochen Möhr

Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Incurvariidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Today I saw a Grey Hairstreak and a Painted Lady along Munn Road, another Painted Lady at Prospect Lake, and at least four at the top of Mount Tolmie, as well as a Western Tiger Swallowtail and an Anise Swallowtail there.  Although there have been a number of sightings of Painted Ladies this year, the number isn’t abnormally large, and I don’t think we can link them – yet – to the vast swarms of the species reported in California in May.  In the words of President Trump:  We’ll see what happens.