2025 May 18
Richard Rycraft photographed this moth on the Ceanothus in his Oak Bay garden yesterday. Libby Avis identified it for us as Pyrausta californicalis. Its caterpillars feed upon mint. Val George tells us that there is a small flock of them harassing his mint patch every year.
Pyrausta californicalis (Lep.: Crambidae) Richard Rycraft
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