2025 July 9
Jacob Palfrey found and photographed a mating pair of robber flies on Obsevartory Hill (Little Saanich Mountain) on July 1. We thank Dr Rob Cannings for their identification.

Pogonosoma ridingsi (Dip.: Asilidae) Jacob Palfrey

Pogonosoma ridingsi (Dip.: Asilidae) Jacob Palfrey
Val George writes: These two moths (Choristoneura rosaceana and Emmelina monodactyla) were on the wall of my Oak Bay house this morning, July 9.

Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep.: Tortricidae) Val George

Emmelina monodactyla (Lep.: Pterophoridae) Val George