2025 August 27 evening
Jeremy Tatum writes: We start this evening’s posting with two rather interesting insects. The caterpillar below was found on Blueberry in Mike and Barb’s Cordova Bay garden. I am not sure at present which of two species of Schizura it is. Viewers will note the sharply demarcated areas of different colours. This is known as disruptive coloration. It makes it difficult to see the shape of the object, so it may not be noticed as a caterpillar. Viewers may have noticed that most of the large moths that are seen on this site belong to one of three large Families: Noctuidae, Erebidae, Geometridae. This belongs to a smaller and perhaps less familiar Family, Notodontidae – a Family that includes some very nice caterpillars.
Schizura unicornis /ipomoeae (Lep.: Notodontidae)
Mike and Barb McGrenere
Schizura unicornis/ipomoeae (Lep.: Notodontidae)
Mike and Barb McGrenere
Jochen Möhr sends pictures of galls on the petioles of some poplar (cottonwood) leaves. These are formed by aphids of the species Pemphigus spirothecae.
Galls formed by Pemphigus spirothecae
(Hem.: Aphididae)
Jochen Möhr
Aziza Cooper writes: Today, August 27, at McIntyre reservoir, I photographed a damselfly and a dragonfly. I didn’t see any butterflies. Also today, I saw one California Ringlet at Island View Beach, but was not able to get a picture.
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
Aziza Cooper
Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odo.: Aeshnidae) Aziza Cooper
Very busy schedule tomorrow, so there may not be a posting – but, if there is a posting, there are more photos to come.
Invert Sightings 