2023 August 27
2023 August 27
Jeff Gaskin writes: Today, August 27, a single Mourning Cloak whizzed by me at 4447 Wilkinson Road near the entrance to Quick’s Bottom. Also, three Ringlets were at Rithet’s Bog this afternoon.
Aziza Cooper and Jeremy Tatum saw a Ringlet at Island View Beach, August 27.
There are still many Woodland Skippers and a few Cabbage Whites around.
Jochen Möhr sends a photograph of Udea profundalis from his home in Metchosin today.
Udea profundalis (Lep.: Crambidae) Jochen Möhr
Aziza Cooper sends three photographs from McIntyre reservoir, August 26, plus a caterpillar photograph from Swan Lake, August 27. Thanks to Steven Roias for identifying the bumble bee.
Woodland Skippers Ochlodes sylvanoides (Lep.: Hesperiidae)
Aziza Cooper
Polistes dominula (Hym.: Vespidae) Aziza Cooper
Bombus vancouverensis (Hym.: Apidae) Aziza Cooper
Yellow Woolly Bear Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae- Arctiinae) Aziza Cooper
Jeremy Tatum sends a picture of Tolype distincta from his Saanich apartment today, and photographs of two Heliothis phloxiphaga caterpillars from Island View Beach.
Tolype distincta (Lep.: Lasiocampidae) Jeremy Tatum
Heliothis phloxiphaga (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum
Heliothis phloxiphaga (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum