2105 August 23

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I had an unsuccessful search for the Western Branded Skipper on Cordova Spit today.  In 1.5 hours on the spit all I could manage was one Woodland Skipper and  one Purplish Copper.   On the way back to Island View Beach, in the fields inland from the beach, there were lots of Woodland Skippers and Large Heaths, and a few Cabbage Whites.  At 6:15 this evening there was one Painted Lady on the top of Christmas Hill.

   Julie Michaux writes:  This critter is in our home (West Saanich Road) this morning. Very pretty. If it turns out to be a cutworm moth ….   Jeremy Tatum responds:  No, it is not a cutworm, it is

 Coryphista meadii (Lep.:  Geometridae)  Julie Michaux

Its colourful “inchworm” caterpillar feeds on Berberis and Mahonia.