2024 July 3 afternoon
2024 July 3 afternoon
Val George writes: This rather worn Grey Hairstreak was at the summit of Mount Douglas yesterday afternoon July 2. Jeremy Tatum writes: This is the first report in Invert Alert of a Grey Hairstreak this year. Purplish Copper yet to come.
Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Val George
Here are some photographs by Ian Cooper: All pictures from Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal, July 2nd, evening after dusk.
Enoplognatha ovata (Ara.: Theridiidae) Ian Cooper
Ian writes: Enoplognatha ovata are currently abundant, but sightings of the red ‘candy stripe’ variant have been infrequent.
Believed to be Anyphaena aperta (Ara.: Anyphaenidae) Ian Cooper
Ian writes: Took a while to pin down the identification for this one! I knew I’d seen this species before, and that we had published it on Invert a couple of years ago, [2022 October 22 morning] but its name escaped me. It’s reminiscent of a crab spider (no web, just waits to ambush passing prey [but the 2022 photograph appears to show some webbing]) but it isn’t a crab spider. It’s been referred to as a ‘sac’ spider, but I’m not sure if that term is still used.
Brown Lacewing (Neu.: Hemerobiidae) Ian Cooper
Crane fly – (Dip.: Tipulidae) Ian Cooper
Ian writes: I saw a few of these crane flies actively laying their eggs in various locations by the trail, including in a tree’s moss.
Western Black Carpenter Ant – Camponotus modoc (Hym.: Formicidae)
Ian Cooper