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.

July 13 evening

July 13 evening

 

   Jochen Möhr sends a picture of Macaria signaria from Metchosin:

 


Macaria signaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

 

   Jeff Gaskin writes:  Today, July 13, I saw my first Pine Whites of the season.  Four were along Goldstream Avenue by the Colwood Golf Course,  one was along Duke Road, and finally one was in Witty’s Lagoon Park.  All were seen quite high up in Douglas Fir trees.

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  This evening at 7:00 pm July 13 there was one Red Admiral on the Mount Tolmie reservoir, and one Painted Lady near the Jeffery Pine.