2019 November 11

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here are two more of the difficult challenges that Mr E has set us.  The first is a leaf beetle of the Family Chrysomelidae.   This is a huge Family, so it is difficult to get an exact identification.  However, Scott Gilmore had a go and he believes it is a beetle in the genus  Altica.

 

Leaf beetle Altica sp. (Col.: Chrysomelidae)  Mr E

 

  Jeremy continues:  At first I had no idea what the creature below was, but now I believe it is a non-biting midge of the enormous Family Chironomidae.

 

Non-biting midge (Dip.: Chironomidae)  Mr E

 

More to come…

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning.  No pics.  One each of:

 

Epirrita autumnata

Operophtera brumata

Orthosia mys

Sunira decipiens

Xanthorhoe defensaria