2019 September 29

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here is a caterpillar of the Rough Prominent Nadata gibbosa.  It is usually found on oak, but I have occasionally found it on alder, as here, from near Esquimalt Lagoon.

 

Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

The mandibles of Nadata gibbosa are yellow:

 

Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

   Jochen  Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Dryotype opina

1 Ennomos magnaria

1 Noctua pronuba

4 Pleromelloida cinerea

1 Schizura ipomoeae

1 Tetracis jubararia / pallulata