2025 May 7 morning
Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings, Libby Avis and Gordon Hart for help with some of these difficult ones below.
The photographs below were all taken locally near Victoria in the last few days. I hope photographers will forgive me if I don’t post the exact locations and dates – it’s hard to keep track of them all – Jeremy Tatum.
Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Aziza Cooper
Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)
Aziza Cooper
Boreal/Northern Bluet Enallagma boreale/annexum
(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
Aziza Cooper
California Darner Rhionaeschna californica (Odo.: Aeshnidae) Aziza Cooper
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
Aziza Cooper
Pacific Forktail Ischnura cervula (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy
Swift Forktail Ischnura erratica (Odo.: Coenagrionidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Marie O’Shaughnessy
Annaphila diva (Lep.: Noctuidae) Aziza Cooper
More later…
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