September 17

This blog provides an informal forum for terrestrial invertebrate watchers to post recent sightings of interesting observations in the southern Vancouver Island region. Please send your sightings by email to Jeremy Tatum (tatumjb352@gmail.com). Be sure to include your name, phone number, the species name (common or scientific) of the invertebrate you saw, location, date, and number of individuals. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please send it along. Click on the title above for an index of past sightings.The index is updated most days.

2019 September 17

Barb McGrenere writes: Today, Mike and I saw a fresh Painted Lady in the flowering Teasel beside McIntyre Reservoir. There were a few Cabbage Whites flying around too.

Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin last night:

1 Agrochola purpurea

1 Parabagrotis (sulinaris?)

2 Udea profundalis

1 Xestia finatimis-infimatis-verniloides complex