2019 March 28 morning

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of a European Paper Wasp from Whiffin Spit, March 26.  She writes:  Tuesday seemed to be the day for wasps as there were several in our yard later that day along with my first butterfly sighting , a comma.

 

European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Hym.: Vespidae) Rosemary Jorna

 

European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Hym.: Vespidae) Rosemary Jorna

 

   Mark Wynja writes from Parksville:  Yesterday on Little Mountain in Parksville I tried to relocate the Oreas Comma with Mike Yip.  The Comma was a no show. I walked back to my vehicle and found a single Grey Hairstreak nectaring along the chain link fence across from the parking lot at 3:35pm on March 27.

Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Mark Wynja

 

Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Mark Wynja

 

   Ron Flower writes:  Yesterday March 27 we went back to the Goldstream River this afternoon and  found these two moths and we also saw another Mourning Cloak butterfly.

Archiaeris infans (Lep.: Geometridae)  Ron Flower

 

Enchoria lacteata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Ron Flower