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

Apamea amputatrix  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Val George

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.