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2018 September 16

 

   Ron Flower sends a photograph of an insect from Goldstream.   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I have to say that I was completely floored by it – I could not even guess as to Order.   So I tried Dr Rob Cannings, in the hope that he might possibly be able to suggest the Order.   Rob replied almost immediately, with Order, Family, Genus and Species!     It is a woodwasp, a hymenopteran in the Family Siricidae, related to the sawflies.  Thank you, Rob!

 

Urocerus californicus (Hym.: Siricidae)    Ron Flower

 

   Bryan Gates writes:  At least seven of these Lophocampa maculata were on my alders at Saratoga Beach today, after a heavy rain through the night, Sept. 15-16, 2018. My notes show that I photographed one on the same alder on Sept. 8, 2017.

 

Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)  Bryan Gates

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  A rainy day today, but during a brief sunny spell I saw a Cabbage White from the window of my Saanich apartment.