2017 October 30

 

   Rosemary Jorna writes:  Here is another small insect from East Sooke  This little lady beetle, 3 mm, landed on my pants while we were enjoying the sun and sea at Iron Mine Bay on Friday October 27.  Charlene Wood writes:  It’s a tiny coccinellid in the genus Psyllobora, of which there are two species in our area: P. vigintimaculata and P. borealis.

 

Psyllobora vigintimaculata or borealis (Col.: Coccinellidae)   Rosemary Jorna