2025 August 21 morning
Probably more this evening
Gordon Hart saw and photographed a Mylitta Crescent on his Highlands property on August 12 – the first time in years that he has seen this species there.
Male Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Gordon Hart
Val George photographed this pug moth on the wall of his Oak Bay house on August 15. Some pugs are notoriously difficult to identify; Jeremy Tatum writes that he *thinks* this one is probably Eupithecia annulata.
Probably Eupithecia annulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Val George
Jeremy Tatum writes: Four moths turned up near the back door of my Saanich apartment building on August 13.
Acleris variegana (Lep.: Tortricidae) Jeremy Tatum
Thanks to Libby Avis for the identification
Neoalcis californiaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum
Callizzia amorata (Lep.: Epiplemidae) Jeremy Tatum
Carcina quercana (Lep.: Depressariidae) Jeremy Tatum
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