2016 July 19 part 2

Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of a beetle just at the tide line at Bear Beach on the Juan de Fuca Trail, July 18.  Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identifying it to Tribe level. [Tribe (-ini)] is a category below Subfamily (-inae).]

 Click beetle (Col.: Elateridae – Dendrometrinae – Prosternini)  Rosemary Jorna

   Annie Pang sends a picture of a cerambycid beetle.  Thanks to Rowan French for identifying it as Anoplodera pubera.

 Anoplodera pubera (Col.: Cerambycidae)  Annie Pang

Jeremy Tatum sends photographs of two moths.  Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying the first as Peridroma saucia.  Jeremy reports that he saw a pristine fresh male Satyr Comma at Rithet’s Bog, July 18.  This is the only wild (i.e. not reared from caterpillar) Satyr Comma that he has seen so far this year.

 Pearly Underwing Peridroma saucia (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Nycteola cinereana (Lep.: Nolidae) Jeremy Tatum

Aziza Cooper writes:  On Sunday, July 17, Moralea Milne and I went out to the logging roads beyond Jordan River and checked a bog where Moralea had seen a couple of Mariposa Coppers two years ago. We found at least 25 Mariposa Coppers in the bog on both sides of the road. Some of the males had the purplish sheen when seen well and every individual we saw was in pristine condition.

We saw two other species: two Dun Skippers and one Western Tiger Swallowtail.

An interesting dragonfly (Crimson-ringed Whiteface) was along a spur road.

Female Mariposa Copper Lycaena mariposa (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

Male Mariposa Copper Lycaena mariposa (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Aziza Cooper

Crimson-ringed Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper

Aziza continues:  Two Dun Skippers were also along North Main, on July 17. In the photo, the butterfly is perching on Labrador Tea.

Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris (Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Aziza Cooper

Annie Pang sends a photograph of a Spider-hunting wasp.

Spider-hunting wasp (Hym.: Pompilidae)  Annie Pang