2024 October 28

   Val George writes:  This morning, October 28, there were three Autumnal Moths Epirrita autumnata on the walls of the Nature House at Goldstream Park.   [Dead on time!, writes Jeremy Tatum.]

Autumnal Moth Epirrita autumnata   (Lep.: Geometridae)  Val George

Jeff Gaskin writes:   Today, October 28th, Kirsten Mills saw a Cabbage White on Kings Road between Blanshard Street and Quadra Street, Victoria.

Ian Cooper writes:   Here are six pictures from my overnight photoshoot at View Royal near the 9 km marker.

Snail-eating Beetle  Scaphinotus angusticollis (Col.: Carabidae)  Ian Cooper

Ground Beetle  Pterostichus sp. (Col.: Carabidae)  Ian Cooper

Harvestman, probably Leptobunus parvulus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae)  Ian Cooper

Female Araneus diadematus (Ara.: Araneidae)  Ian Cooper

Yellow-Bordered Taildropper – Prophysaon foliolatum (Pul.: Arionidae)  Ian Cooper

Banded Garden Snail  Cepaea nemoralis (Pul.: Helicidae)  Ian Cooper