2024 July 23 evening

Val George photographed these two moths at the Swan Lake Nature House on July 22:

Pero mizon  (Lep.: Geometridae)   Val George

Mesapamea secalis  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Val George

Thanks to Libby Avis for confirming Val’s original identification of the above moth as Mesapamea secalis, and abject apologies from Jeremy Tatum for mislabelling it in the original Invert Alert posting.

Jeremy Tatum writes:  I saw a pristine-fresh Autographa californica at Panama Flats today.  With luck, a few more of these migratory day-flying moths will be seen in the coming weeks.  I saw no other moths, or butterflies, or birds at Panama Flats – at least not on the KNOK side – but the botanists will surely love the great profusion and variety of wild flowers there.

At 5:30 pm, the Anise Swallowtail that has been on Mount Tolmie for several days was still on the Oregon Grape just outside the entrance to the reservoir.  A Painted Lady was flying in the vicinity of the Jeffrey Pine.