June 27
2017 June 27
No response yet for our appeal for an opinion on Peter Boon’s commas on Mount Becher (June 25 entry), but Peter has managed to get a good photograph of the underside, and I think most of us would now agree that the butterfly is the Hoary (“Zephyr”) Comma Polygonia gracilis zephyrus (which Guppy and Shepard list as a full species). [Added later: Mike Yip concurs.]
Hoary (“Zephyr”) Comma Polygonia gracilis zephyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Peter Boon
Has anyone seen any Satyr Commas recently? This used to be one of our commonest butterflies, but it now seems to have disappeared.
Nick Doe sends a photograph of a Polyphemus Moth from Gabriola Island.
Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus(Lep.: Saturniidae)
Nick Doe