2024 July 17

   Jochen Möhr sends photographs of Macaria lorquinaria from Metchosin, almost a year to the day from when he sent another one of this species, and Spilosoma virginica.

Macaria loquinaria  (Lep.:  Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr)

Spilosoma virginica  (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jochen Möhr

Spilosoma virginica  (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jochen Möhr

Aziza Cooper writes: Here are two moths seen yesterday, July 16, at my home in Saanich

Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba   (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Aziza Cooper

Large Tabby Aglossa pinguinalis  (Lep.: Pyralidae)  Aziza Cooper

  This moth is an unusually interesting one. It is a first for Invertebrate Alert, and was identified for us by Libby Avis.  Originally from Europe, it has long been found in North America.  Descriptions of its caterpillar on the Web vary slightly (I would think that not a huge number of people have seen, let alone reared, one), but it is supposed to occur in caves and sheds, and feed upon straw, chaff and animal dung.  Some sites say animal fat, and at least one says fat of cadavers.