2022 October 3 evening

    At 4:15 this afternoon, there were still several Sulphurs at McIntyre reservoir.  Identification with certainty is proving difficult with some of the specimens, but, writes Jeremy Tatum, I believe all those that I saw today are Clouded Sulphurs, Colias philodice.  They are nectaring on Wild Radish Raphanus, which is plentiful there, so there is a good chance that the butterflies may remain while this sunny weather lasts.

  At 5.:00 pm there was at least one Painted Lady remaining at the top of Mount Tolmie.  It flies around the Jeffery Pine, often resting on the road surface beneath the pine.