2019 September 16

 

   Jochen’s Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Agrochola purpurea

1 Noctua pronuba

4 Xanthorhoe defensaria

 

   Jeremy Tatum shows a shark moth that emerged today.  Reared from a caterpillar found on Gumweed at Island View Beach.

 

Cucullia montanae (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Also here is a female Rusty Tussock or Vapourer Moth, sitting on her cocoon and looking her very best in order to attract a male suitor who will appreciate her pretty looks.

 

Rusty Tussock, or Vapourer Orgyia antiqua (Lep-.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae) 

Jeremy Tatum