2019 June 8

 

   Jochen Möhr reports a Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae from his Metchosin home, as well as the moth below, Apamea cinefacta.

 

Apamea cinefacta  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

  Aziza Cooper writes:  On June 6 I went to Saturna Island.  I walked 7 km along the Narvaez Bay Road and saw one Western Spring Azure and many Pale and Western Tiger Swallowtails. A conservative estimate would be 15 of each. At the Narvaez Bay park campground I saw a Comma.  Yesterday, June 7, at McIntyre Reservoir (Central Saanich), a moth perched on my coat sleeve. Other than the moth I saw two Cabbage Whites and no other butterflies.

 

  The moth is another Apamea, Apamea amputatrix.

 

Apamea amputatrix (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

   Aziza also photographed a Painted Lady today at Daniel’s Market, the Shell Station, in Sooke.

 

Painted Pady Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of a Pale Tiger Swallowtail and a Cedar Hairstreak from her garden (Kemp Lake area) today.

 

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Rosemary Jorna

 

Cedar Hairstreak Mitoura rosneri (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Rosemary Jorna