2015 June 7

   Sorry I’m posting today’s Invert Alert so early in the day  –  I’m, just off to the monthly Butterfly Walk – at Duncan!

   Ken Vaughan writes:  Had a nice walk around Beaver Lake Ponds on June 4, with two first-of-year-for-me odes.

Male Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis (Odo.:  Libellulidae)  Ken Vaughan

 Ellychnia sp. (Col.: Lampyridae)  Ken Vaughan

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Ken Vaughan

Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Ken Vaughan

   …and it looks as though Gordon Hart is seeing the same animals!  He sends the following:

Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Gordon Hart

Yellow Crab Spider Misumena vatia (Ara.: Thomisiidae) Gordon Hart

   Annie Pang sends a Western Tiger Swallowtail in its typical pose nectaring on Himalayan Blackberry, just like Ken’s Pale Tiger above.

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Annie Pang

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  On May 17 I posted a photograph of a caterpillar, which I labelled Enargia infumata.  The adult moth from this caterpillar emerged two days ago and it looks as though it might be a different species.  The three (or more?) Enargia species that we have in British Columbia pose an identification problem, and we are working to try to get a certain identification on this one, but for the time being I believe it is most likely Enargia decolor.

Enargia sp. (probably decolor)  (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jeremy Tatum