ovipositing on Russian Knapweed
I think this is correct. Size was certainly correct and I saw several other fresh specimens of this species. Still, this is a very strange colour "aberration", melanistic on the dorsum and different on the underside. I do wonder whether anyone has seen anything similar.
@rcavasin @rosslayberry @johnklymko
Grassland (presumably seasonal ranchland?) without any shrubs. Seen flying in association with areas with Eriogonum heracleoides.
C. sheridanii has been reported from the Princeton area since early April. Now that the calendar has switched to May, I guess C. affinis is also a possibility, but the spring weather has been extremely cool this year, so the flight seasons are likely behind average, not ahead.
Ludicrous record but makes sense given the past 11C weather. Snowy as hell and flew out in front of @kaiden and I. Habitat pic and field sketch. Brown body with pale yellow outer wings, nothing else it could have been. Chased to get a photo but we were unsuccessful.
@aiva @thyggen thanks for the memo about incidentals / field sketches, I hope you’re proud of yourselves
Aberrant ventral dark grey markings
Viceroy/White Admiral Intergrade.
gall on Philadelphus lewisii
@earley_bird
Chopaka East. South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, BC, Canada
Chopaka East. South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, BC, Canada
Approx 6 mm in length .. at Alan Brooks Nature Centre .. Vernon BC
ID for the robber fly's catch?
Boothman's Oxbow Provincial Park, Grand Forks, BC
Synanthedon bibionipennis (Strawberry crown moth) a possible id.
Attracted to front porch light.
Given how dark this and others seen in area were (at least 4 individuals) I am presuming that Freija Fritillary can be discounted but would like some feedback!
Maybe an Old world Swallowtail? It is smaller than the ones I usually see.
Approx 12-13 mm in length
Mating pair found on spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe). See related observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103055260
Aberrant species
Don’t know how it came to be there.