Further Fauna

A couple of visitors have reported seeing salamanders with gills in the meadows ponds & lakes. After a bit of research on E-Fauna BC, it seems likely that these are the neotenic form of the Northwestern Salamander . The neotenic adult lives in water  and retains its gills. Thanks to these reports, I have learned something new!

Numerous pollinating insects are active in the meadows right now. Bees are around of course, this one on a subalpine daisy.
 

Menzies' burnet is starting to bloom & looks like it will be quite abundant this year. This is not a bee but a syrphid fly on a bloom that is just emerging.

This butterfly, a purplish copper , was feeding on a fully blooming Menzies' burnet, in the same location where I photographed the same thing last year!