2015 June 12

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here is a chrysalis (Greek chrysos – gold) of a Red Admiral.

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum

  And here is the moth Oncocnemis semicollaris:

   Aziza Cooper writes:  Today, June 12, I saw seven European Skippers, my first of year, in about a half-hour’s walk in the east end of Uplands Park. There were also two Lorquin’s Admirals and two Cabbage Whites. A large orange butterfly flew by fast going towards Beach Drive near the southeast entrance to Uplands Park, across from the entrance to Cattle Point.

   Jeremy Tatum ventures tentatively:  A large orange butterfly flying by fast at this time of year often turns out to be a Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina.

European (Essex) Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Aziza Cooper