2017 June 14 evening

  Annie Pang shows an underside of a Painted Lady from Gorge Park.

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Annie Pang

Dar Churcher sends a photograph of a Cedar Hairstreak  from Colwood, June 6.

Cedar Hairstreak Mitoura rosneri (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Dar Churcher

She sends a photograph of a Large Yellow Underwing, shortly after emergence from its pupa. It is a little further on than the moth shown on David Allinson’s photograph (see June 9).  The wings on the latter photograph were still small stubs.  In Dar’s photograph, the wings have expanded, but are still limp.  They will harden and stiffen.

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Dar Churcher

   Dar also sends a photograph of a spider from her kitchen.  She correctly identified it as a gnaphosid.  Thanks to Sean McCann for taking it further – to genus Sergiolus

Sergiolus sp. (Ara.: Gnaphosidae)  Dar Churcher

Nathan Fisk sends a photograph of a Red Admiral from Fort Rodd Hill, June 13.

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Nathan Fisk

   You’d think a small crab spider would be no match for a large bumblebee.  But think again!  Another Nathan Fisk photograph from Fort Rodd Hill.  I’m not quite certain, but I think the other two insects in the photograph (mixed in with the stamens) may be thripses. I’m also not sure what the plural of thrips is.  Thripses?  Or maybe thripides? I don’t know!

Misumena vatia (Ara.: Thomisidae) with

Bombus melanopygus (Hym.: Apidae)
Nathan Fisk

   Lastly, for today, a moth from near Blenkinsop Lake, June 13.

Aseptis binotata ( Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum