2022 June 25

    Ann Tiplady sends photographs of the introduced European Garden Snail Cornu aspersum:

 

Garden Snail Cornu aspersum (Pul.: Helicidae)  Ann Tiplady

 

Garden Snail Cornu aspersum (Pul.: Helicidae)  Ann Tiplady

 

   Carl Hughes sends photographs of a caterpillar and subsequent chrysalis of a Lorquin’s Admiral on an apple tree at his Broadmead home.

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Carl Hughes

 

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Carl Hughes

   Rosemay Jorna sends photographs, from the Kemp Lake area, of 5^th instar caterpillars of the Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus as well as a 4^th instar cast-off skin (exuviae).

Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae)   Rosemary Jorna

 

 

Hyalophora euryalus (Lep.: Saturniidae)   Rosemary Jorna

 

 

Hyalophora euryalus 4^th instar exuviae   Rosemary Jorna

 

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  June 24, I found a total of 19 Ringlets in Saanich.  2 were at Quick’s Bottom, 7 were at Viaduct Flats, and a further 10 were in the disc playing field at Layritz Park. Only one other butterfly could be found in that whole area and that was a Western Tiger Swallowtail.

  In Colquitz River Park north of Panama Flats there were only the following butterflies :  1 Cabbage White, 4 Lorquin’s Admirals,  2 Western Tiger Swallowtails and 2 Western Spring Azures.

 

   Aziza Cooper writes:  June 24, I went to the railroad tracks next to Goldstream campground. I found three Commas, possibly Satyr Commas [yes, that’s what I think they are, too.  One of them is on a stinging nettle.  –Jeremy T], four Pale Tiger Swallowtails and four Western Tiger Swallowtails, and six Western Spring Azures. There was also one Cinnabar Moth.

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

Pale Tiger Swallowtails Papilio eurymedon (Lep.: Papilionidae)   Aziza Cooper

 

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

   Gordon Hart writes:  My sighting news is fast becoming out of date, and today I hope to see some more butterflies, but I did have some success on Thursday, June 23 at the Pike Lake Substation ponds. I saw my first of the year Lorquin’s Admiral, a Western Spring Azure, and a Pale Tiger Swallowtail. There were also many dragonflies: California Darner, Dot-tailed Whiteface , and Western Pondhawk, among others.

Western Pondhawk  Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Gordon Hart

 

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Gordon  Hart