2025 October 8 morning

2025 October 8 morning

   Gordon Hart reports that on October 7 he saw a Cabbage White at Cattle Point, and another along Foul Bay Road.  He also saw and photographed a worn Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba at Harling Point.

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)    Gordon Hart

   Marie O’Shaughnessy reports that she spent an hour at Beaver Lake Ponds on October 7 and saw one Cabbage White.  She also saw a few Darner dragonflies, including about six Paddle-tailed Darners, and she saw and photographed an Autumn Meadowhawk (formerly known as Yellow-legged Meadowhawk – you can see why in the photograph) and a Striped Meadowhawk.

Autumn Meadowhawk  Sympetrum vicinum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Striped Meadowhawk  Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy