2017 July 28

 

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  I visited Mount Tolmie just after 6:00 pm today.  There were one or two Painted Ladies and Red Admirals on the reservoir or flying around the Jeffery Pine, and at least one West Coast Lady on the reservoir.  Also, just outside the entrance to the reservoir, flying around or perching on the Mahonia or the Laburnum, a pristine fresh Anise Swallowtail.  I wonder if it had bred on the hill, perhaps on one of the numerous Fennels there.  Also below, a very young caterpillar of a Western Tiger Swallowtail found on willow at Panama Flats. Botanists might be interested to see the huge expanse of Alisma plantago-aquatica there at present.

 

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Jeremy Tatum