Category: Travelling

• 2023 Year in review

  

  This year I made a real effort to travel more widely around the province to see what moths I could turn up. One of the benefits of remote work is that I can work from anywhere, so figured I’d take advantage. I ended up mothing in Fort St John, Tumbler Ridge, Prince George, Osoyoos, Oliver,…

  December 21, 2023

  Travelling

  Bowen Island, Erebia, Eupsilia, Euxoa, Gazoryctra, Hypoprepia, Manduca, Marathyssa, Pelochrista, Selenia, Ypsolopha

• Decantha

  

  One of the lovelier micromoths I get to see here on Bowen Island is Decantha stonda, image shown above. I’ve personally seen them here and the Okanagan (Osoyoos + Oliver). They’re not reported all that much, but being a micro they’re probably being overlooked. In the past I recall stumbling across them on the sheet…

  December 18, 2023

  Collecting, Decantha, Genus, iNaturalist, Micromoths, Taxon Discussions, Travelling

  Bowen Island