2022 July 18

    Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:  Since July 17 we have had three to five Malacosoma californicum here every day – mostly females. But today, there was obviously a male. [See, among other things, its elaborate antennae.]

Malacosoma californicum (Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  I had some good butterflies at both Swan Lake and Blenkinsop Lake today, July 18.  At Swan Lake I had 18 European (Essex) Skippers, 13 Lorquin’s Admirals, 4 Western Tiger Swallowtails and just one Cabbage White.

   At Blenkinsop Lake I found a Red Admiral and one and maybe two Satyr Commas.  Also were included 16 Cabbage Whites, 5 Western Tiger Swallowtails, and 4 Lorquin’s Admirals.