Here is what Jochen Möhr found at his moth trap in Metchosin this morning:

3 Lophocampa argentata (no pic)

3 Perizoma curvilinea (np)

1Nemora darwiniata (np)

1 Campaea perlata (np)

1 Perizoma costiguttata (np)

3 Eulithis xylina  (P1110031, 035, 037)

1 Oligia divesta (P1110043)

3 Lacinipolia pensilis (P1110045, 050, 071)

2 Lacinipolia strigicollis (P1110055, P1110080)

1 Calizia amorata (P1110056)

1 Triphosa haesitata (P1110067)

1 Xanthorhoe defensaria (P1110069)

   Thanks to Libby Avis for her help with identifications.  Jochen sends photographs of a few of them:

Eulithis xylina (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Lacinipolia pensilis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Lacinipolia strigicollis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Oligia divesta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Callizzia amorata (Lep.: Uraniidae – Epipleminae) Jochen Möhr

Coryphista meadii (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Clemensia albata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae – lithosiini)  Jochen Möhr

   Lots more tomorrow morning – including results of today’s Butterfly Walk.

August 5 morning

    Rosemary Jorna writes:  This 1cm beetle, at Noyse Lake access trail Aug 4, 2018, was on the underside of a blueberry stem.  Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identifying it as a soldier beetle Podabrus cavicollis. 

Podabrus cavicollis (Col.:  Cantharidae)  Rosemary Jorna

    Ron Flower writes:  Yesterday Saturday 4th.  while watering my Camellia, I came across this moth:

Pero mizon (Lep.: Geometridae)  Ron Flower

   Reminder:   Monthly Butterfly Walk this afternoon, 1:00 pm, top of Mount Tolmie.  See announcement in yesterday’s June 4 midday posting.  All welcome.

August 4 evening

    Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of Lorquin’s Admiral from the Kemp Lake area, August 3.  Jeremy Tatum writes:  Although this is a common species, viewers are encouraged to continue to report sightings of it so that we can record the date of the last sighting of the season. I saw one at Royal Roads University, also on August 3, though I don’t think these will be quite the last of the year.

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Rosemary Jorna

   Libby Avis identified Jochen Möhr’s “dunno”  (see the midday posting of August 4) as Pyrausta perrubralis:

Pyrausta perrubralis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jochen Möhr

   Jeremy Tatum found a rather pale variety of a Yellow Woolly Bear near McIntyre reservoir today.

Yellow Woolly Bear  Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jeremy Tatum

August 4 midday

Gordon Hart writes:

Hello Butterfly Watchers,

This is a reminder that the monthly VNHS Butterfly Walk will be on Sunday August 5. We will meet at the summit of Mount Tolmie by the reservoir at 1 p.m.    One possibility might be to go to Cordova (Saanichton) Spit to search for the Branded Skipper, but we can decide at the time.  The weather is supposed to be sunny, so hope to see you Sunday,

-Gordon

   Gordon also mentioned that yesterday in his yard in the Highlands he saw a large Fritillary (presumably Speyeria sp.)  He felt that its colour wasn’t quite right for the usual S. hydaspe, so it is a legitimate question to ask if maybe we have a few S. zerene in our area.

   Jeremy Tatum writes that he had an an exciting experience yesterday at Latoria Creek Park when he was startled by a large black-and-red moth that almost collided with his head as it flew past.  It was a Catocala, but obviously not possible to identify to species under such circumstances.

   Jochen Möhr writes that at his Metchosin home he had this morning:

2 Lophocampa argentata

2 Eulithis xylina

1 Oligia divesta

1 Lacinipolia strigicollis

and one dunno (pic attached).

   We’ll try and have the “dunno” identified and posted by this evening’s posting!

August 4 morning

   Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph obtained by Montana Stanley of the Sooke Region Museum of a Garden Tiger Moth at the Museum on August 2.

Garden Tiger Arctia caja (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Montana Stanley

   And Jochen Möhr has more moths from Metchosin. Thanks to Libby Avis for help with the identifications.

Oligia divesta (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Eulithis xylina (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

Nemoria darwiniata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Schizura ipomoeae Lep.: Notodontidae)

Jochen Möhr

Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr

Lacinipolia strigicollis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr