2025 October 8 evening
Geoffrey Newall reports two California Tortoiseshells from Beacon Hill Park on October 6. Here is a photograph of one of them nectaring on Ivy blossom. Ivy blossom is a good place to look for nymphalid butterflies at this time of year.
California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Geoffrey Newall
Val George writes: These two moths, Udea profundalis and Xanthorhoe defensaria, were on the wall of my Oak Bay house this morning, October 8.
Udea profundalis (Lep.: Crambidae) Val George
Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Val George
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