2021 May 17 afternoon

 

    Jochen Möhr writes that on May 14 he saw three Propertius Duskywings at Weir’s Beach, two of them in copula.  He also writes:  I constantly see P. rapae  – up to three simultaneously on my Metchosin property.  I also saw Western Spring Azures on three occasions, without being able to document any of them, and similarly one Sara Orangetip and one Pale Tiger Swallowtail, each on one occasion since the beginning of May.

 

On May 16, he saw on his Metchosin property

1 Erynnis propertius

2 Papilio eurymedon

1 Papilio zelicaon

1 Meganola minuscula

1 Nadata gibbosa

1 Smerinthus ophthalmica (the third one this season, all different individuals)

2 Lobophora nivigerata/magnoliatoidea

 

Propertius Duskywings Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Jochen Möhr

Meganola minuscula (Lep.: Nolidae)  Jochen Möhr)

Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae)   Jochen Möhr

 

Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Jochen Möhr

Lobophora nivigerata/magnoliatoidea (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  Yesterday, May 16, I did my butterfly count at the Lochside trail north and south of Blenkinsop Lake.  I found a Red Admiral and a Satyr Comma by a patch of nettles about 100 metres south of the bridge.  Another Satyr Comma was north of the lake.  I also saw a Pale Tiger Swallowtail along Arbutus Road later in the day.