2017 May 3

 

    Jeremy Tatum writes: On April 26 Ian Cruickshank sent some photographs of various flies at Green Point, Pacific Rim National Park.  One of them was a species of Sericomyia (Dip.: Syrphidae)  (See April 27 evening posting), but we haven’t yet managed to identify the others.  We post them here in the hope that some learned viewer out there might be able to identify them for us at least to Family.  Email us at:      jtatum at uvic dot ca    

 

   We occasionally appeal to knowledgeable viewers to identify animals for us, though we don’t often get any response.  Perhaps I should take the advice of the moderator of the Sussex (England) butterfly site   www.sussex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings/    who suggests that if we were to declare an insect as something it is not, this is certain to provoke a rapid response!   I don’t think I’ll resort to this cunning strategy just yet, but it sounds like a good idea.  In the meantime, if anyone out there can identify any of Ian’s flies, we really, really would like to hear from you.

 

Fly 1 (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Ian Cruickshank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Fly 5 (Diptera)   Ian Cruickshank

 

 

 

 

 

 

   We have received the following notice that may interest viewers. 

 

 

 

 

   Annie Pang sends a photograph of a Western Spring Azure from April 24.

 

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Annie Pang