Some pictures show the pitcher sewn shut, making a balloon shape. Other pictures show that the pitcher was discoloured in spots, probably indicating caterpillar damage. The caterpillar was inside the pitcher, at its base, with liquid around it. On being disturbed by the pitcher being opened, the caterpillar walked around the outside of the pitcher, where it was easy to photograph. Thanks to Michael Butler and Layna Lubimiv for assistance. See this video for the technique employed to find the right pitchers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXaR5msXFV4
Tentative.
Caught by hand in heath-dominated peatland.
Reddish head and black subapical spot.
Attracted to lights in old field / garden habitat adjacent to mixed forest.
The white spotting on this individual seems a bit aberrant.
My first Pap of the year.
UV trap
ID confirmed by brushing tail; digitus behind valvae and shape of valvae.
Last photo shows comparison between White Spruce (Picea alba) on the left and Red Spruce (Picea rubens) on the right.
Tentative, using ID notes here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/982785. Though maybe July is too early for this species?
Second in four nights.
Came to LepidLED light.
My first observation of this species.
At UV light.
Tentative ID.
Attracted to light in old field / garden / mixed woods habitat.
One at UV light.
lepida/adipel?
One in LepiLED trap.
Habitat: dry upland conifer-dominated forest - 50:50 jack pine:red pine.
Vouchered.
on Hypogymnia physodes
One at UV light.
Tentative ID.
MRD0058
Habitat : Forêt mixte
Substrat : Écorce de Fagus grandifolia
Seaton Hiking Trail
smaller lobes than Xanthomendoza hasseana,
short white hapters instead of rhizines
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxauthid=1&taxon=56390&clid=1132
One at UV light.
@mhking, it's migrant week!
One at UV light.
One at light.
Note white HW.
One of three at LepiLED light.
Tentative ID.
Vouchered. G. n - 03
One at UV light.
My first Pap of the year.
LepiLED trap.
One at UV light.
Found cocooning in leaves at the tips of branches of the Leatherwood, Dirca palustris.
A fantastic discovery by @jemredwood at the UV. One of only few records for the province, and first for the Hamilton Study Area. Great find and thank you for the viewing. This was a very merry moth indeed.
One at UV light.
One at UV light.
Tentative ID.
O. astrologana, coruscana or ferrolineana, I guess.
@mothvet, does this require dissection?
One at LepiLED light.
Silk-fastened sand tubes on the stems of Prunus pumila in sand dunes.
Whereas similar sand tubes observed here last month by @tyler_miller appeared fresh and intact, the tubes observed today were in disrepair. Quite possibly the constructors have matured given that the flight dates for the species in the area span July 16-Aug 23 (n=5).
Scholtens (1996) noted:
Prionapteryx nebulifera Steph.-Cheboygan, Emmet: 4-25 July. This distinctive looking species flies in sandy areas including inland jack pine plains and on the lakeshore dunes. Balogh has reared this species from sand cherry (Prunus pumila), on which it forms sand tubes leading from the substrate to the leaves of the plant. Daecke (1905) described this species making sand tubes on huckleberry and sand myrtle in New Jersey. Larvae retreat into the tube when not feeding.
One at UV light.
Tentative ID.
Reared from a late instar cat found on June 28th in folded, silk-bound uppermost (connate) leaves of Lonicera sp. (subgenus Caprifolium: dioica or hirsuta - both present at this site).
Caterpillar here: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/172733987
Specimen vouchered for @jasondombroskie.
Packard Tract, Simcoe County, ON
Came to UV light.
Numerous in open fen with Myrica gale (larval foodplant).