Ian Cooper sends more pictures from his pre-dawn /early morning photo shoot of July 11 2025 in *Colquitz River Park, the #Galloping Goose trail in View Royal and along the ^E&N trail.
*Clubiona sp. (possibly lutescens) (Ara.: Clubionidae) Ian Cooper
#Bombus vosnesenskii (Hym.: Apidae) Ian Cooper
* Western Earwig Forficula dentata (Derm.: Forficulidae) Ian Cooper
# Raspberry Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis (Col.: Curculionidae) Ian Cooper
Aziza Cooper writes: On July 11, Mount Douglas summit had 3 Pale Tiger Swallowtails, 1 Western Tiger Swallowtail, 2 Lorquin’sAdmirals, 1 Cabbage White, 1 Anise Swallowtail and several red-brown flybys that I could not identify. None of them except the Anise would sit still.
On Mount Tolmie, one Painted Lady was on the road by the Jeffrey Pine.
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Aziza Cooper
Jeremy Tatum writes: I went to Mount Douglas at 5:45 pm today (July 12). There were two butterflies flying around the Teacup: – an Anise Swallowtail, and a Lady. As Aziza said, only the swallowtail would keep still, and I could not identify the Lady. It could have been any of the three. (Val George photographed an American Lady there on July 10.) Perhaps some butterfliers could go up there and see what Ladies are there.
Ian Cooper sends some photographs taken before dawn and in the early morning of July 11 in *Colquitz River Park, the #Galloping Goose trail in View Royal and along the ^E&N trail in View Royal and Vic West.
Jeremy Tatum writes: Rarely can I identify a moth from the underside alone, but I think this is a nicely-posed photograph of Caripeta aequaliaria.
#Almost certainly Caripeta aequaliaria (Lep.: Geometridae) Ian Cooper
#Alucita montana (Lep.: Alucitidae) Ian Cooper
Dolichovespula arenaria (Hym.: Vespidae) Ian Cooper
^Bombus fervidus californicus (Hym.: Apidae) Ian Cooper
^ Bombus vosnesenskii (Hym.: Apidae) Ian Cooper
# Meriola californica (Ara.: Trachelidae) Ian Cooper
JeremyTatum writes: I saw a pristine-fresh Satyr Comma this afternoon along the Lochside Trail between Lohbrunners and Blenkinsop Lake. I think it is probably not the one that I released there on June 25.
Val George writes: There was an American Lady at the summit of Mount Douglas yesterday afternoon, July 10. Also at the summit were at least two Painted Ladies, two Anise Swallowtails and a Red Admiral.
American Lady Vanessa virginiensis (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Val George
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae) Val George
Jacob Palfrey found and photographed a mating pair of robber flies on Obsevartory Hill (Little Saanich Mountain) on July 1. We thank Dr Rob Cannings for their identification.
Pogonosoma ridingsi (Dip.: Asilidae) Jacob Palfrey
Pogonosoma ridingsi (Dip.: Asilidae) Jacob Palfrey
Val George writes: These two moths (Choristoneura rosaceana and Emmelinamonodactyla) were on the wall of my Oak Bay house this morning, July 9.
Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep.: Tortricidae) Val George
Emmelina monodactyla (Lep.: Pterophoridae) Val George
Jeremy Tatum writes: This moth emerged yesterday, having been reared from a caterpillar feeding upon young leaves of Salal Gaultheria shallon. Although I am not absolutely certain of its identity, it does seem to bear a good resemblance to Eupithecia annulata.I don’t know of any other pug that has that combination of a prominent discal spot plus a conspicuous white zigzag submarginal line, plus many other small details.
Probably Eupithecia annulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum
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