2024 July 14 evening

Jochen Möhr sends a photograph of a Lorquin’s Admiral.  Although it is in an identical pose to the one shown on July 13 morning, viewers will readily agree that they are different individuals.

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini  (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Jochen Möhr

Jeremy Tatum reports that today, July 14, at 5:30 pm, at the top of Mount Tolmie, there were two Painted Ladies flying over the road next to the Jeffrey Pine, and a Red Admiral on the reservoir.

Aziza Cooper writes: Today, July 14, at Cowichan Station there were:

Western Tiger Swallowtail – 1
Cabbage White – 5
Lorquin’s Admiral – 2
Woodland Skipper – 1
Essex Skipper – 3

I also went to Boas Road near Spectacle Lake, but I did not see any butterflies.

Female Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae)  Aziza Cooper

Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola  (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Aziza Cooper

Woodland Skipper  Ochlodes sylvanoides  (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Aziza Cooper

Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata  (Odo.:  Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper

Villa or Hemipenthes  sp. (Dip.: Bombyliidae)  Aziza Cooper

Marie O’Shaughnessy  counted the following at McIntyre reservoir, June 13:
2 Cardinal Meadowhawks
5 Western Pondhawks
1 Variegated  Meadowhark
5 Black Saddlebags
2 Blue-eyed Darners
3 Common Green Darners
Many Tule Bluets
Many Blue Dashers

Male Western Pondhawk  Erythemis collocata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Cardinal Meadowhawk  Sympetrum illotum  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy