2025 August 1 evening
Gordon Hart writes:
Our next Butterfly Walk is on Sunday, August 3. We will meet at 1 p.m. at the summit of Mount Tolmie at the parking lot by the reservoir. After a look around for butterflies, we will decide where to go from there. Car pooling is encouraged and we will try to be back by 4 p.m. Cancellations or special instructions will be posted on this site, or on the VNHS calendar: https://www.vicnhs.bc.ca/?page_id=1518
Here are some of Aziza Cooper’s finds yesterday from the flowers along Nanaimo River Road.
Common Woodnymph Cercyonis pegala (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
Hydaspe Fritillary Argynnis hydaspe (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Aziza Cooper
Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Aziza Cooper
Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Aziza Cooper
Down here in Victoria, writes JeremyTatum, there seem to be very few butterflies around other than Cabbage Whites, which are still common. However, I saw a Woodland Skipper along Carey Road, and Jeff Gaskin reports a Tiger Swallowtail (species uncertain) along Hector Road.
Ian Cooper photographed the following moth this morning:
Herpetogramma thestealis (Lep.: Crambidae) Ian Cooper
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