2025 July 21 evening

2025 July 21 evening

  Ian Cooper writes:  Here are two views of a moth spotted in View Royal on my July 19 photo shoot.  Jeremy Tatum writes:  It is very nice to see this moth, photographed when settled on the bark of a tree trunk.  Their colour and pattern have evolved so that they become almost invisible on such a background.

   

Aseptis binotata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ian Cooper

Aseptis binotata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ian Cooper

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  This afternoon, July 21st, Kirsten Mills and I went to McIntyre Road reservoir and we saw the following dragonflies  :  10 Blue-eyed Darners, 2 Common Green Darners,  7 Blue Dashers,  3 Western Pondhawks,  1 Cardinal Meadowhawk,  4 Eight-spotted Skimmers,  and as many as 4 Black Saddlebags.   Kirsten also saw a Variegated Meadowhawk which I unfortunately missed.