2021 August 2 afternoon

     Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here’s a photograph of a pug moth (Eupthecia sp.) from the University of Victoria this morning.  Unfortunately, I can’t be certain of the species.  Eupithecia annulata is a possibility.

 

Eupithecia sp. (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum

   On July 25, Kirsten Mills visited Mount Washington with Jeff Gaskin, where Kirsten photographed this moth on the summit.  Libby Avis writes:  A very nice find!   It looks as if it could be Sympistis wilsoni, which has been reported from the Island. 

Sympistis wilsoni (Lep.:  Noctuidae)  Kirsten Mills