2021 June 2
Here’s a miscellany from Mr E. The first is a green lacewing. There are several species, in two genera. We are not sure which genus this one is, so we’ll leave it for the moment at Family level.
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Green Lacewing (Neu.: Chrysopidae) Mr E
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(As yet) unidentified weevil (Col.: Curculionidae) Mr E
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Anthrenus verbasci (Col.: Dermestidae) Mr E
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Bug eggs (Hem.: – possibly Pentatomidae) Mr E
If anyone can help with the fly below, please do let us know. Jeremy Tatum thinks that it is probably a member of the Family Muscidae.
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Fly – (Dip.: – perhaps Muscidae) Mr E
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Narcissus Bulb Fly Merodon equestris (Dip.: Syrphidae) Mr E
Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying the moth below. (There are two species locally, and Libby sorted them out for us!)
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Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae) Mr E
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Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae) Mr E
Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae) Mr E
Aziza Cooper sends photographs of two bumble bees and a moth. Thanks to Steven Roias for identifying the bees for us. The first is Bombus californicus, which, writes Steven, was “formerly in the B. fervidus complex”.
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Bombus californicus (Hym.: Apidae) Aziza Cooper
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Bombus melanopygus (Hym.: Apidae) Aziza Cooper
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Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Aziza Cooper
On May 8 Elisabeth Ruiter showed a photograph of a caterpillar of Lorquin’s Admiral in Cowichan.
She successfully reared it, and the adult butterfly emerged yesterday:
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Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Elisabeth Ruiter
Gordon Hart reports a Painted Lady at Panama Flats on June 1.
Jochen Möhr photographed a Nadata gibbosa and an Apamea sordens in Metchosin this morning:
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Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen Möhr
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Apamea sordens (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr