2018 May 28

 

   A plea from the Moderator.   We are getting lots of exciting contributions at this time of year, which is a wonderful situation to be in – but of course the volume of contributions does make for a little bit of work.  This plea is not aimed at anyone in particular and it may sound like the Pontifications of a Pompous Professor to first-year students.  All the same it would be an immense help to the Moderator if contributors could spend just a minute or so proofreading the text of their contributions for spelling, capitalization of proper names, no abbreviations please, and little details like that.  I know that it takes a little extra to do it, but after all,  if you don’t do it, the Moderator has to – for all entries!   When a contribution comes in with all the text perfected, all I have to do is a quick copy-n-paste, and it is done in a second.  Otherwise it takes a few minutes per entry, and when there are half-a-dozen contributions, that begins to mount up.  But believe me – I very much appreciate all contributions, whether perfectly composed or not!

 

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  Today, May 28, I saw my first of the year Lorquin’s Admirals.  One was in Gorge Park, and the other flew through my Mom’s backyard on Wascana Street.  Kirsten Mills told me she saw a Lorquin’s Admiral on Saturday May 26, behind the Swan Lake nature house, so there seem to be a few of them around already.

 

  Bryan Gates writes:  I found this caterpillar today, May 28, 2018, in my yard at Saratoga Beach, Black Creek, B.C.  (near the Oyster River).

 

 

Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Bryan Gates