2024 September 15 evening

Only one small contribution this evening – a small geometrid caterpillar whose identity I (Jeremy Tatum) don’t yet know.  In case you are wondering if the plant it is on is grass, no it’s not grass – it’s Knotgrass.

Geometrid caterpillar  (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum

2024 September 15 morning

   Aziza Cooper photographed this Striped Meadowhawk at Swan Lake, September 13.

Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper

   Marie O’Shaughnessy writes:  A quick visit to McIntyre Reservoir on September 14 revealed a few  creatures despite that the area had been really scalped along two sides.  A sunny afternoon brought out the butterflies and dragonflies as well as me.

At Island View Beach, I found 5 Cabbage Whites near the first parking area, and 2 Paddle–tailed Darners along the back ditch.
3 Cabbage White butterflies were busy nectaring at McIntyre Reservoir.  Also, the dragonflies seen were
2 Blue-eyed Darners
2 Blue Dasher
1 Tule Bluet

 Male Cabbage White  Pieris rapae  (Lep.: Pieridae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor  (Odo.: Aeshnidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Tule Bluet  Enallagma carunculatum  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

   On September 14 Marie saw the following at Outerbridge Park:

1 Cardinal Meadowhawk
2 Striped Medowhark
2 Paddle-tailed Darner

 Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes  (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

We are most grateful to Dr Rob Cannings for identifying some of the tricky ones in this batch.

2024 September 14

   No Invertebrate Alert was issued on September 13.

Jeremy Tatum writes:  Here is an eyed hawk moth caterpillar found on the sidewalk of Carey Road today.  It would not pose for a decent photograph, for it was in a hurry to bury itself in the soil in order to pupate.  The adult moth will appear next spring.

Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)  Jeremy Tatum

2024 September 12 evening

A few more pictures from Ian Cooper’s Sept 8 / 9 photo excursion to ^ Colquitz River Park and the # Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal, near the 9 km marker.

Uncertain,  Possibly a  ^ Long-jawed Orb Weaver, Metellina sp. (Ara.: Tetragnathidae)   Ian Cooper

# Cybaeus signifer (Ara.: Cybaeidae)   Ian Cooper

Harvestman – Leptobunus parvulus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae)   Ian Cooper
Thanks to Dr Philip Bragg for verifying the identification

2024 September 12 morning

Ian Cooper writes:  Here are a few more pictures from my Sept 8 / 9 photo excursion to ^ Colquitz River Park and the # Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal, near the 9 km marker.

^ Common Pill Bug – Armadillidium vulgare  (Isopoda:  Armidillidiidae)   Ian Cooper

# Limax maximus (Pul.: Limacidae)   Ian Cooper

# Grey Field Slug – Deroceras reticulatum (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)   Ian Cooper