2019 June 4

 

   Jochen Möhr reports slim pickings from his Metchosin home in the last two days.  Yesterday just an American Lappet Moth Phyllodesma americana (a fine moth anyway!), joined today by a Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata.

  Jeremy Tatum reports the emergence today of an Essex Skipper butterfly, from a caterpillar found at Panama Flats on May 17.

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

 

   Jeremy also sends the picture of a moth below, which is H. thestealis. The caterpillar of this one was found in mid-May near Cowichan Station, feeding on Fragaria vesca.

 

Herpetogramma thestealis (Lep.: Crambidae) Jeremy Tatum

 

   Aziza Cooper writes:  Today, June 4, I was with the VNHS Tuesday Group birders. We walked along Lochside Trail to Outerbridge Park and back by Blenkinsop Road. I saw:

Western Tiger Swallowtail – 4

Pale Tiger Swallowtail – 1

Mourning Cloak – 1

Cabbage White – 4

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  There were about eight Painted Ladies at the top of Mount Tolmie this evening.