2023 September 8

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  The moth shown below ecloded from its pupa today.  The caterpillar, which fed on Rumex obtusifolius, was shown on August 20, and the pupa on August 31.

Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata (Lep.: Geometridae)
Jeremy Tatum

Marie O’Shaughnessy writes that at 10:30 this morning, she saw a male and a female Blue Dasher, a Blue-eyed Darner and two Paddle-tailed Darners at Swan Lake.

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor
(Odo.: Aeshnidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Also at Swan Lake, Marie photographed an Orb-weaver Spider and a Stink Bug:

Araneus diadematus  (Ara.: Aranaeidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Banasa dimiata (Hem.: Pentatomidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Kirsten Mills writes:  Jeff Gaskin and I went today, September 8, to McIntyre Reservoir. We saw a Variegated Meadowhawk and a lady. Jeremy Tatum writes:  I had a little difficulty at first in being sure which species of lady it is, but, but after a close look I agree with the unanimous identification by Jeremy Gatten, Gordon Hart and David Harris that it is a somewhat worn West Coast Lady.
  Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Kirsten Mills

West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Kirsten Mills