2025 July 9

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