2019 December 4

 

    Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin that the Operophtera are not only hanging in, they are getting more –  and he even has a late Drepanulatrix.  

 

Drepanulatrix sp. (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Operophtera sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

Operophtera sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

 

Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

   Gordon Hart photographed an Operophtera on the sliding glass doors of his Highlands house; it seems to be Operophtera brumata:

 

Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Gordon Hart

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I had hoped to photograph one at my Saanich apartment today, but, unusually, there were none there – only a single Erannis, which I shall dutifully label Erannis vancouverensis, although I am more convinced than ever that it is really E. defoliaria.

 

Erannis vancouverensis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum