2022 June 8 morning

     Jeremy Tatum writes that yesterday, June 7, he saw his first swallowtail of the year – a Western Tiger Swallowtail  – at Carey Road, Victoria.   And at 5:00 p.m. there was a Red Admiral on the Mount Tolmie reservoir.  It was quite worn, and may be the same individual seen there on various dates since Val George’s photograph on May 8 (posted on May 9).

Aziza Cooper writes:  On June 7, at Mount Tolmie, I saw a Propertius Duskywing just north of Warbler Alley. A Large Yellow Underwing moth was in the grass nearby, and one bright yellow swallowtail flew by.  At Pedder Bay, there was one Western Spring Azure at the head of the inlet, and one Cinnabar Moth in the grassy parking lot.

 

Propertius Duskywing  Erynnis propertius (Lep.: Hesperiidae)   Aziza Cooper

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Aziza Cooper

Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Aziza Cooper

   Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a caterpillar reared on Mahonia from an egg found at Munn Road:

 

Coryphista meadii (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum