This blog provides an informal forum for terrestrial invertebrate watchers to post recent sightings of interesting observations in the southern Vancouver Island region. Please send your sightings by email to Jeremy Tatum (tatumjb352@gmail.com). Be sure to include your name, phone number, the species name (common or scientific) of the invertebrate you saw, location, date, and number of individuals. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please send it along. Click on the title above for an index of past sightings.The index is updated most days.

2024 August 17

2024 August 17

   Aziza Cooper writes that on August 16 at 6 pm, there were two Painted Ladies at Mount Douglas summit.   And Jeremy Tatum writes that on August 17 at 5:30 pm, there were two Red Admirals chasing each other around the Mount Tolmie reservoir, and occasionally landing on one or other of the white patches on the reservoir.

Painted Lady  Vanessa cardui  (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Aziza Cooper

   Jeremy Tatum writes that on August 16 there were dozens and dozens of Woodland Skippers  at Rithet’s Bog.