2025 May 9
Yesterday, Ron Flower saw three Margined Whites along the railway line near Cowichan Station. Here is a photograph of one of them. Notice how very heavily marked are the dark veins. This is one of the spring brood. The individuals of the summer brood are much less heavily marked; indeed, many male summer Margined Whites are pure white with no dark markings whatever.
Margined White Pieris marginalis (Lep.: Pieridae ) Ron Flower
Aziza Cooper writes: On May 8, at Storm Water Community Park near Parksville, I found one Western Pine Elfin. At Little Mountain Lookout there was one Brown Elfin.
Western Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphon (Lep.: Lycaenidae)
Aziza Cooper
Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)
Aziza Cooper
More tomorrow…
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