2018 April 28

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Yesterday morning (April 27) I saw a few Silvery Blues at the Colwood turn-off.   They were all males.   It often happens, in butterflies and in birds, that the males put in an appearance before the females.   As Jeff pointed out in the April 26 posting, the lupines are not yet in flower – indeed there was no sign even of buds.  One of the potential effects of climate change is that it puts the phenology of species that depend upon each other out of kilter.  For example, if Silvery Blues were to start regularly emerging early in the season, they may not find lupine buds to lay their eggs on.

    Barb McGrenere writes:  On Friday morning, Mike saw one Western Tiger Swallowtail flying alongside the trestle at Blenkinsop Lake

 

 

   Scott Gilmore photographed this jumping spider in Lantzville on April 19. Thanks to Catherine Scott and Sean McCann  for identifying it – they believe it is probably Pelegrina aeneola.

 

Pelegrina aeneola (Ara.: Salticidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

Pelegrina aeneola (Ara.: Salticidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

 

 

Pelegrina aeneola (Ara.: Salticidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

 

Pelegrina aeneola (Ara.: Salticidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

  Here’s a batch of interesting insects from Lantzville, from Scott Gilmore, April 27.

Midge (Dip.: Chironomidae)  Scott Gilmore

Midge (Dip.: Chironomidae)  Scott Gilmore

Sap beetle, Glischrochilus siepmanni  (Col.: Nitidulidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

Marsh beetle, Herthania concinna  (Col.: Scirtidae)  Scott Gilmore

Bark louse Hyalosocus sp.  (Psocoptera)  Scott Gilmore

Bark louse Hyalosocus sp.  (Psocoptera)  Scott Gilmore

   Ken Vaughan writes:  I was out to the Beaver Lake Retriever Ponds this morning, 27 April, poking around. Not much action to speak of yet. But there were a few Pacific Forktails about, away from the pond itself. Here’s a male.

Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula (Odo.:  Coenagrionidae

Ken Vaughan

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:   Here is an Aseptis adnixa reared from a caterpillar found on Oemleria cerasiformis in the Blenkinsop Valley and released there at midnight last night.

 

Aseptis adnixa (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Steven Roias writes: I don’t get too many noctuids around my house in Saanich but tonight (April 27) was an exception!  Both Egira perlubens and E. rubrica showed nicely.

Egira perlubens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Steven Roias

Egira rubrica  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Steven Roias