2024 December 17

Val George writes: Today – despite the rather unpleasant conditions – I decided to respond to your exhortations to check out Goldstream Park for Operophtera occidentalis. I’ve been there twice before in the past few weeks and each time found three Operophtera moths that were definitely brumata. Today, there were 22 moths on the walls of the nature house. About three quarters of them were certainly brumata, and some of the others were in places too difficult to identify them. But what about these two?   [Jeremy Tatum writes:  occidentalis!!!]

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Val George

Operophtera occidentalis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Val George

Next, writes Jeremy Tatum:  Anyone – try and find a wingless female to photograph!