2024 July 5 morning

Butterfly Walk, Sunday July 7
Message from Gordon Hart

This is a reminder for the Nature Victoria (VNHS) Butterfly Walk on Sunday, July 7.

We will meet at the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir, at 1.00 p.m. You can park in the parking lot there, or in the large lot north of the summit. After a look around the summit, we will decide on a destination from there.

I think we can be fairly certain of sunny weather, so come prepared for the heat, with water to keep hydrated, sunscreen, and suitable clothing.

You can review Vancouver Island butterflies at Val George’s website : https://vancouverislandbutterflies.com/

See you on Sunday,

Gordon Hart

The moth below was reared from caterpillar by Charlene Wood’s six-year-old son Nico.

Apple Ermine Moth Yponomeuta malinellus(Lep.: Yponomeutidae)   Charlene Wood

Thanks to Charlene Wood for identifying the creature below, photographed by Ian Cooper along the Galloping Goose Trail, June 30 2024

Bristly Millepede Polyxenes sp. (Diplopoda – Polyxenida:  Polyxenidae)
Ian Cooper

Aziza Cooper draws attention to a sighting of a Grey Hairstreak by Rebecca Reader-Lee, July 4, near Ross-Durrance Road west of Pease Lake.  Rebecca’s excellent photograph can be seen at
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227183757