2023 June 12

   Tiger Swallowtails and Lorquin’s Admirals continue in full swing now.  Here are some photographs from yesterday, by Jochen Möhr in Metchosin.

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus  (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Jochen Möhr

Pale Tiger Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon  (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Jochen Möhr

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Jochen Möhr

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Jochen Möhr

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Jochen Möhr

Jeff Gaskin writes:  June 12, Kirsten Mills and I had a good time looking for butterflies and dragonflies in Cowichan and along the Nanaimo River Road.  Along Nanaimo River Road we saw a Dun Skipper and 8 Clodius Parnassians.  Four of the Clodius Parnassians were across the street from 1639 Nanaimo River Road.  A few Western Spring Azures were still flying in this area too.  Also, in the area were good numbers of Lorquin’s Admirals, Pale and Western Tiger Swallowtails and Cabbage Whites.

Among the dragonflies seen included the following:  a Cardinal Meadowhawk, a Common Whitetail, a Four-spotted Skimmer and Blue-eyed Darners at the pond down the road from the Duncan sewage lagoons.  Another Common Whitetail, and Blue-eyed Darners were at Spectacle Lake.

Aziza Cooper sends photographs of a butterfly and dragonfly from Panama Flats and a fly from Uplands Park, June 11.

Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Aziza Cooper

Common Green Darner Anax junius  (Odo.: Aeshnidae)
Aziza Cooper

Narcissus Bulb Fly  Merodon equestris  (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Aziza Cooper

Jeremy Tatum shows a moth that emerged today, reared from a caterpillar found at Munn Road last year, and fed on Alder.   This is a full-colour photograph, not just a black-and-white.

 Acronicta dactylina   (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum