2025 August 4 morning
On August 2, Val George went to Nanaimo River Road and saw:
I Sylvan Hairstreak
2 Common Woodnymphs
1 Hydaspe Fritillary
1 Lorquin’s Admiral
3 Cabbage Whites
Several dozen Woodland Skippers
Here are a few more insects seen during yesterday’s VNHS Butterfly Walk at Swan Lake.
As predicted, Dr Rob Cannings was indeed happy to see the thoracic stripes on this dragonfly, which he kindly identified for us as a female of the andromorph (looks a bit male-ish) form of a Blue-eyed Darner.
Female Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor
(Odo.: Aeshnidae)
Aziza Cooper
Larva of Asian Labybeetle Harmonia axyridis (Col.: Coccinellidae) Aziza Cooper
Asian Labybeetle Harmonia axyridis (Col.: Coccinellidae)
Aziza Cooper
Probably Asian Labybeetle Harmonia axyridis (Col.: Coccinellidae) Aziza Cooper
Vespula germanica (Hym.: Vespidae) in difficulties Aziza Cooper
Chaetopsis fulvifrons (Dip.: Ulidiidae) Aziza Cooper
Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (Odo.: Libellulidae)
Aziza Cooper
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