2024 June 11
2024 June 11
More of Ian Cooper’s recent photographs of a variety of invertebrates. In case anyone is wondering, the three slugs below were not placed there to pose for a photograph! They were all there together when Ian arrived with his camera.
Identifications pending Ian Cooper
Identification pending Ian Cooper
Philodromus dispar (Ara.: Philodromidae) Ian Cooper
Enoplognatha ovata (Ara.: Theridiidae) Ian Cooper
Scaphinotus angusticollis (Col.: Carabidae), with mites. Ian Cooper
Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Armidillidiidae) Ian Cooper
Jeff Gaskin writes: Today, June 11th, I watched a Common Green Darner for about a minute as it briefly passed through my mom’s backyard in the Burnside/ Gorge neighbourhood.
Gordon Hart writes from the Highlands: Yesterday, Monday June 10, I saw at least one Pale Tiger Swallowtail several times, and at the end of the day, a Western Tiger Swallowtail. I saw a Lorquin’s Admiral but only briefly.
Aziza Cooper writes: Today, June 11 at Swan Lake, there was a Western Tiger Swallowtail and a red dragonfly.
Meadowhawk Sympetrum sp. (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper