2015 July 22

   Libby Avis writes:  Just got back from a great weekend at the Saturna Bioblitz where we ran a moth light on Friday (July 17^th). It was fairly windy and we didn’t get too many moths, but it was made up for by the arrival of this beautiful Lophocampa roseata. We don’t see them very often and this once obligingly hung around and posed.

    Also had a very large, unusual ladybird at the light here in Port Alberni on July 19^th. I had no idea what this was, but it was ID’d on Bug Guide as Myzia subvittata (Subvittate Lady Beetle). Don’t know if you get them in Victoria, but it was the first time I’d seen one.  [Jeremy Tatum responds:  I’ve never seen one in Victoria, but Scott Gilmore found one in Upper Lantzville – see July 12 posting.]

Myzia subvittata (Col.: Coccinellidae)  Libby Avis