-
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…
-
Desecrating the dead
This summer I picked up some Lepidoptera spreading equipment from Atelier Jean Paquet so I could start building up my own collection. Dave Holden of the BC Leps had been kind enough to show me his collection, give me an intro to pinning, and even provided a few pinned + non-pinned specimens to get my…
-
Acleris clarkei
This year I spent May up in the Peace River region of our province, staying in an airbnb in Fort St John. Persistent forest fires and thick smoke notwithstanding, I still saw a glorious array of moths. One of the highlights was this unobtrustive little fella: Acleris clarkei.
-
Well, hello.
Ever since I got into moths, some 5 years ago now, I’ve been toying with the idea of setting up a blog – somewhere I could write the occasional piece about the extraordinary wonders of BC Lepidoptera (BC: British Columbia, Canada; Lepidoptera: moths + butterflies).
BC Moths 