2019 May 24

 

   Jeremy Tatum shows three caterpillars and a moth found today, all in Saanich.  Alas, only the first is native to the area.  The others are all from Europe.

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Common Emerald Moth Hemithea aestivaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum

Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Jeremy Tatim

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Here is a pair of weevils photographed by Jochen Möhr on thistles in Metchosin recently.  Thanks  to Charlene Wood for identifying them as the Canada Thistle Bud Weevil  Larinus planus.  Charlene writes:  They were introduced to control invasive thistle in the 1960s, but they infect native thistles also.

Larinus planus (Col.: Curculionidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning (no pctures taken):

Melanolophia imitata 1

Nadata gibbosa 3 (two from previous day)

Panthea virginarius 2

Tyria jacobaeae 1

Venusia obsoleta 1