2024 October 17

No Invertebrate Alert was issued on October 16.

There were still a few Cabbage Whites flying yesterday.  Jeff Gaskin reported at least four in the Burnside/Gorge community;  Aziza Cooper saw one at Bear Hill Road; and Jeremy Tatum saw one flying over Poplar Avenue, near Mount Tolmie.

Aziza photographed this dragonfly yesterday along Bear Hill Road.

Paddle-tailed Darner  Aeshna palmata  (Odo.: Aeshnidae)  Aziza Cooper

Here is a selection of photographs obtained by Ian Cooper by the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal on the evening of Oct 14 2024.

First is a linyphiine spider.  This is a large group, whose individual species are very difficult to determine from photographs without close examination of a specimen.  However, Dr Robb Bennett writes, cautiously:  I THINK the female  linyphiine MAY be a Microlinyphia.  M mandibulata is the most common.

Linyphiine spider. Just possibly Microlinyphia  (Ara.:  Linyphiidae –  Linyphiinae)  Ian Cooper

Folding-door spider – Antrodiaetus pacificus (Ara. –  Myg.:   Antrodiaetidae)  Ian Cooper

Araneus diadematus  (Ara.: Araneidae)  Ian Cooper

Callobius pictus (Ara.: Amaurobiidae)   Ian Cooper

Ariolimax columbianus  (Pul.:  Arionidae)  Ian Cooper

Limax maximus  (Pul.: Limacidae)  Ian Cooper

Pterostichus sp.  (Col.: Carabidae)   Ian Cooper

 Common Rough Woodlouse – Porcellio scaber (Isopoda: Porcellionidae)   Ian Cooper

Ian photographed this caterpillar last night at Colquitz River Park:

Noctua pronuba  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ian Cooper