2021 May 11 morning

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends two photographs of an unknown caterpillar from a spruce tree near Kemp Lake.   

 

Unknown caterpillar  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

 

Unknown caterpillar  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   Rosemary writes:  We were hiking in the Sooke Hills between Harbourview and YMC’s Camp Thunderbird and for the first time this year I saw butterflies – one swallowtail and one fresh comma.   Neither would co operate for the camera.  Single blues appeared at three locations but near the end of the hike four blues were active, and I was able to get a clear photo of one of them.  Two more blues were cruising round the garden at a friend’s home in the Kemp Lake area later in the afternoon. This was my first good butterfly day.

 

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   Jeremy Tatum sends two photographs of a caterpillar from Ocean Spray on Christmas Hill.

 

Tetracis jubararia (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jeremy Tatum

 

 

 

Tetracis jubararia (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jeremy Tatum

 

   Mr E writes from Mount Work Regional Park:  Could this be a leafhopper nymph?  I found it hiding in some bark and shedding its waxy posterior protrusions.   Jeremy Tatum responds:  I can’t say that I know  for sure, but I certainly can’t think of a better suggestion!

 

Probably leafhopper nymph (Hem.: Cicadellidae)   Mr E