2019 August 23

 

   Anne Scarfe found this cocoon at her Gordon Head house on August 20.   It is an arctiine cocoon, probably Lophocampa.  Jeremy Tatum writes:   I’m not sure whether it is a very late L. argentata (in which case the moth will emerge soon), or a very early L. maculata (in which case the moth will emerge next spring).

 

Lophocampa sp. (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Ann Scarfe

 

   Scott Gilmore sends a photograph of a caterpillar found in his Lantzville garden.  It is Panthea sp., a genus whose recognized species or subspecies change from time to time.  This one is perhaps best labeled as Panthea virginarius.

 

Panthea virginarius (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

Panthea virginarius (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

Panthea virginarius (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

  Aziza Cooper photographed a moth and some bugs near Swan Lake on August 11.  The bugs are pentatomids, but they are nymphs and we have not yet been able to identify them further.

 

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Aziza Cooper

Pentatomid bug nymphs  (Hem.: Pentatomidae)  Aziza Cooper