2021 June 2

 

   Here’s a miscellany from Mr E.  The first is a green lacewing.  There are several species, in two genera. We are not sure which genus this one is, so we’ll leave it for the moment at Family level.

 

Green Lacewing (Neu.: Chrysopidae)   Mr E

(As yet) unidentified weevil (Col.: Curculionidae)   Mr E

 

Anthrenus verbasci (Col.: Dermestidae)  Mr E

Bug eggs (Hem.: – possibly Pentatomidae)   Mr E

 

If anyone can help with the fly below, please do let us know.  Jeremy Tatum thinks that it is probably a member of the Family Muscidae.

Fly – (Dip.: – perhaps Muscidae)      Mr E

Narcissus Bulb Fly Merodon equestris (Dip.: Syrphidae)   Mr E

 

     Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying the moth below.  (There are two species locally, and Libby sorted them out for us!)

Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae)   Mr E

 

Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae)   Mr E

 

 

Adela septentrionella (Lep.: Adelidae)   Mr E

 

   Aziza Cooper sends photographs of two bumble bees and a moth.    Thanks to Steven Roias for identifying the bees for us.   The first is Bombus californicus, which, writes Steven, was “formerly in the B. fervidus complex”.

 

Bombus californicus (Hym.: Apidae)  Aziza Cooper

Bombus melanopygus (Hym.: Apidae)   Aziza Cooper

Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)   Aziza Cooper

   On May 8 Elisabeth Ruiter showed a photograph of a caterpillar of Lorquin’s Admiral in Cowichan.

She successfully reared it, and the adult butterfly emerged yesterday:

 

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)   Elisabeth Ruiter

   Gordon Hart reports a Painted Lady at Panama Flats on June 1.

 

Jochen Möhr photographed a Nadata gibbosa and an Apamea sordens in Metchosin this morning:

 

Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae)   Jochen Möhr

Apamea sordens (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Jochen Möhr