2024 May 10

   Aziza Cooper writes:  On May 9 at Beechey Head, there were two butterflies, one Western Spring Azure and one Brown Elfin.  There were six or more Cabbage Whites at Panama Flats.

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

Brown Elfin  Callophrys augustinus  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

[Previously on this site this butterfly has been known as Western Brown Elfin, or Western Elfin  Incisalia iroides.]

Aziza continues:  Today, May 10, I saw two Western Spring Azures in copula at the Prospect Lake Road end of the powerlines. Also, there were two dragonflies and two Western Spring Azures near Pike Lake. At the roadside parking spot near Pike Lake, there was one grey and white moth, the size of a Western Spring Azure.

Western Spring Azures Celastrina echo  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

Western Spring Azures Celastrina echo  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

Lomographa semiclarata  (Lep.:  Geometridae) Aziza Cooper

Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper

Barb McGrenere writes:   About 4:30 pm on May 9, Mike and I watched a fresh Pale Tiger Swallowtail at the top of Observatory Hill.  It was flying around a grassy area surrounded by Garry Oaks, conifers, and Big Leaf Maple.  It was present for about 20 minutes and did not land while we were watching it.  When we left, it was still flying.