2024 August 6

   The grasshopper below was photographed at Island View Beach during Sunday’s (August 4) VNHS Butterfly Walk.  James Miskelly writes:  “This is Trimerotropis pallidipennis.  On the coast it’s highly associated with sand and it’s a common species at Island View.”

Trimerotropis pallidipennis  (Orth.: Acrididae)   Aziza Cooper

   The moth below was photographed by the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal on August 4.  Libby Avis writes that it is Parabagrotis insularis, a very variable species.

Parabagrotis insularis  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ian Cooper

Marie O’Shaughnessy visited Outerbridge Park on Saturday Aug, 3rd. 2024.
She saw:

 5 Cabbage Whites, and two were busy attempting the mating game
11 skippers – I believe most were Woodland Skippers
2 Lorquin’s Admirals

6 Cardinal Meadowhawks
2 Paddle-tailed Darners
3 Striped Meadowhawks
2 Blue Dashers
1 Blue-eyed Darner 

She sends these photographs:

Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides  (Lep.: Hesperiidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy

Cabbage Whites  Pieris rapae  (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy
I believe (writes Jeremy Tatum) that she is trying to tell him that she is not interested.
She has two spots on her forewing; he has one.

Lorquin’s Admiral  Limenitis lorquini  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy

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

Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum  pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy

Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata   (Odo.: Aeshnidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy