August 4 evening

 

    Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of Lorquin’s Admiral from the Kemp Lake area, August 3.  Jeremy Tatum writes:  Although this is a common species, viewers are encouraged to continue to report sightings of it so that we can record the date of the last sighting of the season. I saw one at Royal Roads University, also on August 3, though I don’t think these will be quite the last of the year.

 

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   Libby Avis identified Jochen Möhr’s “dunno”  (see the midday posting of August 4) as Pyrausta perrubralis:

 

Pyrausta perrubralis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

   Jeremy Tatum found a rather pale variety of a Yellow Woolly Bear near McIntyre reservoir today.

 

Yellow Woolly Bear  Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Jeremy Tatum