2016 July 2

    Devon Parker writes that he and his Dad went on a hike on June 26 from Spectacle Lake to Oliphant Lake.  They found

2 Dun Skippers
1 Clodius Parnassian
4 Lorquin’s Admiral
1 Hydaspe Fritillary
1 flyby fritillary

  Jeremy Tatum and Bill Savale visited Muir Creek today, July 2, and saw 2 adult and one caterpillar Red Admirals, as well as the expected Western and Pale Tiger Swallowtails, Lorquin’s Admiral and Essex Skipper.

  Rosemary Jorna writes:  We were at Peden Lake in the Sooke Hills today July 2 2016. Two Lorquin’s Admirals were flying.  Dragonflies and damselflies were out in great numbers and varieties  but I only got this shot of a mature male Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis . There were a dozen or more of these males darting about.

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis (Odo.:  Libellulidae)  Rosemary Jorna