2025 July 24 morning

2025 July 24 morning

   Here are a few of the 25 Essex Skippers that Aziza Cooper saw at Island View Beach yesterday, and two recent dragonflies.

Essex Skipper  Thymelicus lineola  (Lep.:  Hesperiidae)
  Aziza Cooper

Female Essex Skipper  Thymelicus lineola  (Lep.:  Hesperiidae)  Aziza Cooper

 

Female Essex Skipper  Thymelicus lineola  (Lep.:  Hesperiidae)  Aziza Cooper

Male Essex Skipper  Thymelicus lineola  (Lep.:  Hesperiidae)
  Aziza Cooper

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis  (Odo.: Libellulidae) 
Aziza Cooper

Western Pondhawk  Erythemis collocata  (Odo.: Libellulidae)
  Aziza Cooper

Western Pondhawk  Erythemis collocata  (Odo.: Libellulidae) 
Aziza Cooper

   Marie O’Shaughnessy found these dragonflies at McIntyre reservoir on July 23:

2 Black Saddlebags
3 Blue Dashers
2 eight Spotted Skimmers   
1 Western Pondhawk
5 Tule Bluets

There has been a discouraging lack of butterflies at the reservoir this year, and the only butterflies Marie found there in an hour of searching were 11 Cabbage Whites.

Black Saddlebags  Tramea lacerata  (Odo.: Libellulidae) 
Marie O’Shaughnessy

Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis  (Odo.: Libellulidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy

   The moth below was photographed in View Royal on July 19 by Ian Cooper.  It is not very distinctive, and difficult to identify without seeing the spread wings, but we are thankful to Greg Pohl for getting it to Subfamily, and suggesting its possible genus.

Possibly Epinotia sp. (Lep.: Tortricidae – Olethreutinae)  Ian Cooper