2023 July 13

   Yesterday, Cheryl Hoyle photographed a spider and a moth in View Royal.  Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for identifying the spider.

   Mouse Spider Scotophaeus blackwalli (Ara.: Gnaphosidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

  Choristoneura rosaceana  (Lep.: Tortricidae) Cheryl Hoyle

Jeremy Tatum writes: I saw a Mourning Cloak in Uplands Park today (July 13).  Also, I visited Mount Tolmie at 4:30 pm this afternoon, and there were no butterflies on the concrete surface of the reservoir.  4:30 may have been too early – if you were to visit the reservoir at 5:30 or later, there would probably still be hill-topping nymphalids there.  However, a nice surprise, just outside the entrance to the reservoir was a fresh Anise Swallowtail.