2019 July 3

   Here’s another moth from Jochen Möhr in Metchosin, July 2:

Probably Zale duplicata (Lep.: Erebidae – Erebinae)  Jochen Möhr

   and lots more today, July 3:

2 Biston betularia in cop.

1 Eulithis xylina

1 Hesperumia latipennis

1 Homothodes hanhami

2 Iridopsis emasculatum

1 Lacinipolia cuneata

2 Lacinipolia strigicollis

1 Oligocentria semirufescens (under the wing of S. cerisyi)

4 Nadata gibbosa

1 Panthea virginarius

1 Cabera erythemaria

1 Smerinthus ophthalmica or cerisyi  (same individual as yesterday and the day before.  It has not budged.)

Eulithis xylina (Lep. Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Hesperumia latipennis (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Homorthodes hanhami (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Iridopsis emasculatum (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Iridopsis emasculatum (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Oligocentria semirufescens (Lep.: Notodontidae)

Jochen Möhr

Lacinipolia cuneata (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Panthea virginarius (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Biston betularia (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

  Probably Cabera erythemaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Smerinthus cerisyi (Lep.: Sphingidae)

Oligocentria semirufescens (Lep.: Notodontidae)

Jochen Möhr

Ephestiodes gilvescentella  (Lep.: Pyralidae)   Jochen Möhr

If anyone can identify this one, please let us know:

Unidentified micro Jochen Möhr

   Here is a micro reared from thistle (found on Cirsium edule but readily fed on C. arvense) in Coppermine Road, Sooke.

Udea turmalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jeremy Tatum

2019 July 2 afternoon

   Anne Boudewyn writes:  I found these two moths making babies on Rogers Avenue in the High Quadra area.

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae) Anne Boudewyn

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae) Anne Boudewyn

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae) Anne Boudewyn

2019 July 2 morning

   Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of a Rough Stink Bug Brochymena sp. from the Songhees Walkway.

Rough Stink Bug Brochymena sp. (Hem.: Pentatomidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

   Val George writes: This Grey Hairstreak was at the summit of Mount Douglas (48.493735/-123.347655) yesterday, July 1.

Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Val George

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here’s a photograph of a Copper Underwing moth, reared from a caterpillar found at Goldstream Park.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to photograph the copper-coloured hindwings.

Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidoides (Lep.: Noctuidae)

Jeremy Tatum

Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

1 Biston betularia

2 Lacinipolia strigicollis

4 Nadata gibbosa

1 Schizura ipomoeae

1 Smerinthus ophthalmica or cerisyi

[Jeremy Tatum notes:  Some authors have split the old S. cerisyi  into S. cerisyi and S. ophthalmica, with our local moths being ophthalmica.  As with many other moths with frequent taxonomic revisions, it is impractical for me to keep relabelling archival images, so for consistency within the site I adopt a conservative approach and retain the name cerisyi on images on this site.]

Smerinthus cerisyi (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Jochen Möhr

2019 July 1 evening

   Gordon Hart sends pictures of bluets taken on June 26.  We are grateful to Dr Rob Cannings for the identifications.  The damselflies in the second photograph could be either Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale or the very similar Northern Bluet E. annexum.

Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Gordon Hart

Either Boreal Bluets Enallagma boreale or Northern Bluets E. annexum

(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Gordon Hart

   Jeremy Tatum sends a picture of a small moth from Goldstream Park, kindly identified by Dr Jason Dombrowskie as a female Archips rosana:

Female Archips rosana (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Jeremy Tatum

   Jeremy also sends photographs of two caterpillars – the first from Royal Roads University, the second from Gowlland Tod Park.

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Jeremy Tatum

Nycteola cinereana (Lep.: Nolidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Jochen Möhr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:

1 Green Pug (Pic attached)

1 Drepana arcuata

2 Lacinipolia strigicollis

7 Nadata gibbosa

1 Sicya crocearia

Green Pug Pasiphila rectangulata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Lacinipolia strigicollis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Sicya crocearia (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

   Annie Pang sends a beauty from Gorge Park:

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Annie Pang

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I visited the Swan Lake nature house today, and I photographed the two moths shown below.  Also present there were Campaea perlata and Idaea dimidiata, but out of camera reach.

Clemensia albata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae – Lithoniini)  Jeremy Tatum

Amblyptilia pica (Lep.: Pterophoridae)  Jeremy Tatum

   At 6:30  pm I visited Highrock Park to see if there were any hill-topping butterflies there.  There was a Western Tiger Swallowtail at the foot of the hill.  At the top there were just two Painted Ladies – though it was rather windy, so not many butterflies would be expected.

2019 July 01 morning

   Mark Wynja writes:  Today while exploring the Northwest Bay Logging Roads I found 2 Dun Skippers.They were about 1.5 km apart up towards Rhododendron Lake.  1 Western Sulphur and 2 Margined Whites were the other highlights.

  Jeremy Tatum writes:  Three of Mark’s photographs will also be a challenge to the botanists.   The butterfly in the first photograph has some white spots on the forewing.  I believe this indicates that it is a female.

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Mark Wynja

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Mark Wynja

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Mark Wynja

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Mark Wynja

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Mark Wynja

…more this afternoon or evening.