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.

October 5

2017 October 5 morning

 

   This is a very brief posting, but I thought I should post it now in case anyone would like to try for a last look at the sulphur butterflies today.  Ron Flower writes:  October 4 we saw many Cabbage Whites at McIntyre reservoir and four or five sulphurs . All moving too fast and not settling for pictures. Sulphurs were mostly in yellow flowering mustard type plant at north end of reservoir. [I believe the yellow flower in question is Raphanus sp., but you’d have to check with a botanist.   Jeremy Tatum]