April 20
2021 April 20
Megan Buchkowski sends a photograph today of Melanolophia imitata from the front door of the Swan Lake Nature House:
Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae) Megan Buchkowski
Jochen Möhr saw the following at his Metchosin home this morning:
2 Emmelina monodactyla
1 Eupithecia
1 Hypena californica
1 Gluphisia severa
4 Triphosa haesitata
Hypena californica (Lep.: Erebidae – Hypeninae) Jochen Möhr
Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Triphosa haesitata Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr
Gluphisia severa (Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen Möhr
Jeremy Tatum writes that he saw his first Western Spring Azures of the year – two of them – at Swan Lake this morning.
Val George writes: I did my official April butterfly count for Mount Douglas and the surrounding area yesterday afternoon, April 19. Result: 15 Cabbage Whites, 8 Sara Orangetips, 4 California Tortoiseshells, 2 Grey Hairstreaks, 1 Western Spring Azure. I managed to get a photo of one of the hairstreaks.
Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Val George
Kirsten Mills writes: Jeff Gaskin and I went to Little Mountain in Parksville today. We had 1 Mourning Cloak and 1 Oreas Comma. On Kaye Road we had 3 Western Brown Elfins, 3 Western Pine Elfins and a comma sp.
Oreas Comma Polygonia oreas (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Kirsten Mills
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Kirsten Mills
Western Brown Elfin Incisalia iroides (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Kirsten Mills
Western Pine Elfin Incisalia eryphon (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Kirsten Mills
Yesterday Rosemary Jorna photographed a snakefly on Peden Bluff. At one time snakeflies were included in the Order Neuroptera, but these days they have their own Order, Raphidioptera, and in our area they are distributed among several genera in two Families. I haven’t yet learned how to identify them (writes Jeremy Tatum), although I think the one Rosemary photographed may be a species of Agulla in the Family Raphidiidae. If any viewer can help us with this, please let us know.
Snakefly, Raphidioptera Rosemary Jorna
Snakefly, Raphidioptera Rosemary Jorna