July 24

 

   Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay:  Lorquin’s Admiral, Pine White, and Cabbage White continue to pass through occasionally, but the one surprise was a fairly fresh second generation female Western Spring Azure. I also photographed one moth and three medium-sized dragonflies.

 

Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Mike Yip

 

Selenia alciphearia (Lep.: Geometridae)  Mike Yip

 

   Libby Avis writes:  This is one of the few moths that usually sits with its wings up.

 

 

Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Mike Yip

 

Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Mike Yip

 

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Mike Yip

 

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Mike Yip

 

Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Mike Yip

 

 

   Jody Wells sends a picture of a dragonfly from the Blenkinsop Valley, June 29.

 

Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Jody Wells

 

 

…and that’s all I can manage today, writes Jeremy Tatum.  More tomorrow!