2017 October 4 morning

 

   Jochen Moehr writes:  This Ennomos magnaria was sitting on my wall in Metchosin all day yesterday.

 

Ennomos magnaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Moehr

Ennomos magnaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Moehr

   Jody Wells writes:  At first I thought this Chestnut-backed Chickadee was eating a bud on a branch…but NO a really camouflaged caterpillar type insect. Very interested in what type of insect this might be.  About 35 feet up in a Weeping Willow.

Jeremy Tatum responds:  What a gruesome photograph!  I can’t possibly identify the caterpillar, though I think it is probably a geometrid.  Willow is a sort of default foodplant for many species of caterpillar. Are there more of these caterpillars still there?  If so, I’d be interested.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens (Pas.: Paridae)

with caterpillar (Lep.: Probably Geometridae)

Jody Wells

 

Scott Gilmore writes from Upper Lantzville: I found this Lophocampa roseata caterpillar in the middle of the car park at work this afternoon. I moved it to the side so it had a better chance to pupate.

Lophocampa roseata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Scott Gilmore

Lophocampa roseata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Scott Gilmore