2016 May 12 morning

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  I made a bad mistake in mis-labelling a butterfly in yesterday’s (May 11) posting.  My fault – not the photographer’s – and I have corrected the label.  Devon Parker’s photograph was not of a Cedar Hairstreak, but a Johnson’s Hairstreak.  Devon knew what he had, but caution deterred him from saying so out loud.  The identification was confirmed by Cris Guppy, James Miskelly and Jeremy Gatten – and of course I now concur. That, and Devon’s discovery of the egg of the Two-banded Grizzled Skipper on Rubus, are two sensational butterfly discoveries by Devon on the same day!  Devon took a second photograph of the Johnson’s Hairstreak, which I didn’t post yesterday, but I do so now:

Johnson’s Hairstreak Loranthomitoura johnsoni (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Devon Parker

   Annie sends us another bee.  Can anyone out there identify it for us?

 Bumblebee Bombus sp. (Hym.: Apidae)  Annie Pang

Marie O’Shaughnessy sends pictures of a Red Admiral and a West Coast Lady from the Mount Tolmie reservoir, May 11.

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

West Coast Lady  Vanessa annabella (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy