2019 April 12 afternoon

   Jochen Möhr had a poor haul last night – “only” (!) 24 moths.   Here are some of them.

Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Hydriomena sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Eupithecia (probably annulata) (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Hydriomena manzanita (Lep.: Geometridae)

Jochen Möhr

Drepanulatrix monicaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

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Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

Egira simplex (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

2019 April 12 morning

   Jody Wells sends pictures of thatcher ants from Oldfield Road, Central Saanich, April 9.

Thatcher ants  Formica sp. (Hym.: Formicidae) Jody Wells

Thatcher ants  Formica sp. (Hym.: Formicidae) Jody Wells

   He also sends a photograph of a geometrid moth from West Saanich Road on the same date.

Perizoma curvilinea (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jody Wells

2019 April 9 evening

   Val George writes: I saw my first Western Spring Azures of the season this morning, April 9, whilst out with the Tuesday birding group:  Two near the nature house at Swan Lake.

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   More of Jochen Möhr’s recent haul from Metchosin.

Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Cladara limitaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Hydriomena sp.: (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Egira perlubens (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Venusia obsoleta/pearsalli (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Spodolepis danbyi (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

2019 April 9 morning

   Jochen Möhr reports that if he leaves his UV light on all night, he often gets 50 or 60 moths in the morning.  We’ll post them here a few at a time!   Thanks to Libby Avis for help with the identifications.

Anticlea vasiliata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochn Möhr

Anticlea vasiliata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Hypena decorata (Lep.: Erebidae – Hypeninae) Jochen Möhr

   Libby remarks that the two white dots near the apex of the forewings are characteristic of the male of this species.

Cladara limitaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Perizoma curvilinea  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

2019 April 8

      Julie Laz writes that she found some tiny (less than 1/8″) snails on her garden plants.  We can’t be sure of their exact identity, but their shape seems to be consistent with tiny snails of the genus  Vertigo.

Probably Vertigo sp. (Pul.: Vertiginidae)

Julie Laz