2019 August 3 morning

 

Hello Butterfly Watchers,
This is a reminder for the August butterfly walk on Sunday, August 4, at 1 p.m . We meet near the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir parking lot. After a look around the summit area, we will decide on a destination from there.  Suggestions welcome.
See you on Sunday,
Gordon Hart

 

   Gordon also writes: I walked a portion of the Panhandle Trail yesterday (Friday, August 2) and found about 10 Woodland Skippers and 7 Pine Whites.  Most of the skippers were on a patch of a small purple flowered mint species. I think it is an introduced plant. Further along was a patch of goldenrod with many Pine Whites and a few skippers.  I have attached a couple of photographs. We have had the same species at home this week, and one Painted Lady. We found a Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba, last evening.

 

  Jody Wells sends in three photographs.  The moth below was photographed at Brentwood Bay, August 1.

 

Herpetogramma thestealis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jody Wells

 

   The beetle below was photographed at Sproat Lake, July 29.

 

Soldier beetle (Col.: Cantharidae) Jody Wells

 

 

 

   The dragonfly below was kindly identified by Dr Rob Cannings.

 

Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Jody Wells

Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Gordon Hart

Pine White Neophasia menapia (Lep.: Pieridae)  Gordon Hart

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

2 Callizzia amorata

2 Campaea perlata

1 Coryphista meadii

2 Drepanulatrix sp. 

1 Eulithis xylina

1 Hesperumia latipennis

1 Homorthodes hanhami

1 Iridopsis (emasculatum?)

2 Lacinipolia strigicollis

2 Lophocampa argentata

2 Nemoria darwiniata

1 Oligia divesta (pic attached)

1 Panthea virginarius

3 Perizoma curvilinea

 

Oligia divesta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr