A Zale of a good time...

I was just up at the cottage near Parry Sound helping out with the building of a new outhouse - very important work as you might imagine! It was glorious weather and very nice to be up there. I managed a couple of nights of excellent mothing. I'll post pix of the highlights over the next few days...hope it doesn't get too boring!

Zales featured prominently, so here goes with a few Zale photos. They are rather nice are they not?


This one is Zale helata - the Brown-spotted Zale. It is on the wing in May and June. The larva feed on larch and pines.


I love this Zale! It is Zale lunifera - the Bold-based Zale. Brilliant with ash-gray backdrop overlined with crisp black squiggles. Another spring job, the larva feed on Black Cherry and White Pine.


This is Zale duplicata. I was well pleased with this one since I'd not seen it before. It is similar to Brown-spotted but is more boldly marked with black in the median area of the fore-wing.

I hope you are all Zale converts now...