2022 July 20 morning

    Kirsten Mills writes:  On July 19, Jeff Gaskin and I went to Gowland Todd Provincial Park. We saw California Tortoiseshell and a Green Comma and several dragonflies.

 

Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Kirsten Mills

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis Odo.: Libellulidae)  Kirsten Mills

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis Odo.: Libellulidae)  Kirsten Mills

Satyr  Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Kirsten Mills

 

Cheryl  Hoyle sends two photographs taken at McKenzie Bight, July 19:

Arion rufus (Pul.:  Arionidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a small nondescript green caterpillar found at Lochside Drive north of Blenkinsop Lake.  It could be any of hundreds of species – impossible to identify.   But wait! Only three pairs of midabdominal prolegs, and feeding on Stinging Nettle.  Y’all know that this has to be Hypena  sp.

[Added later:  The adult moth emerged on August 4 and was found to be H. humuli.]

 

Hypena humuli. (Lep.: Erebidae – Hypeninae)  Jeremy Tatum