2024 July 7 evening

   On July 4 evening, we posted this photograph, taken by Ian Cooper, asking if anyone knew what it was!

Larva of elaterid beetle  (Col.: Elateridae)   Ian Cooper

  Beetle expert Charlene Wood knew what it is!   It is the larva of an elaterid beetle (click beetles). Charlene writes:  It’s not in the Ampedini – they are lighter yellow and have a conical terminal segment. Some members of the former “Ctenicera group” have the characteristics of the one photographed (brown-black with bifurcated, spiny terminal segment.

Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:  This morning for the first time this year some abundance of moths.

According to Chris, the light “was covered in those white guys”.  When I got up, there were merely two Leucoma salicis left, apparently a male and a female.   There were also one Callizzia amorata and one Emmelina monodactya, both beyond the reach of the camera.  Then there was a Hemithea aestivaria.  My attempt to get a decent image with my usual camera equipment failed miserably, but my son Marcel Hartges saved the day with his I-phone. And, finally, there was another Eulithis xylina.

Leucoma salicis  (Lep.:  Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Jochen Möhr

Leucoma salicis  (Lep.:  Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Jochen Möhr

Eulithis xylina  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

Hemithea aestivaria  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Marcel Hartges

Ian Cooper writes:  Here is a selection of photographs taken yesterday afternoon and evening (July 06) by the ^E&N Trail and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal near the 9 km marker.

#Crane fly Tipula pubera  (Dip.: Tipulidae)  Ian Cooper

# Male Snipe Fly. Probably Chrysopilus sp. (Dip.: Rhagionidae)   Ian Cooper

# Large Yellow Underwing Moth – Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Ian Cooper

#Moth fly  Psychoda sp. (Dip.: Psychodidae)  Ian Cooper

# Brown Lacewing  (Neu.: Hemerobiidae)   Ian Cooper

^ Asian Lady Beetle – Harmonia axyridis (Col.: Coccinellidae)   Ian Cooper

Pictures and report on today’s Butterfly Walk in tomorrow morning’s posting!