2018 May 10

 

   Jochen Moehr sends a photograph of a Silver-spotted Tiger Moth caterpillar from Metchosin:

 

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jochen Moehr

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Yesterday, May 9 at 6:15 pm, there were no butterflies on the Mount Tolmie reservoir, but there was a Propertius Duskywing just outside the entrance to the reservoir, and a Painted Lady flying around the Jeffery Pine.

 

   Scott Gilmore writes from Lantzville:  My son caught a fly in the house on May 8th. It was suggested to me that it was from the family Clusiidae and I wonder if it might be Clusia occidentalis?   Jeremy Tatum replies:  If there are any experts on clusiids out there, please let us know!  (We are sure there must be one somewhere!)  In the meantime we can certainly label it as a clusiid (see those “partially infuscated” wings!), and probably Clusia occidentalis.

 

Druid fly, probably Clusia occidentalis (Dip.: Clusiidae) Scott Gilmore

 

Druid fly, probably Clusia occidentalis (Dip.: Clusiidae) Scott Gilmore