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The Victoria Natural History Society (VNHS) formed in 1944 and currently has about 750 members. We are a volunteer-run organization. Members have developed their interest in nature in a wide variety of ways—some are professional biologists, others are students, most are amateur or volunteer naturalists. VNHS provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world to come together to share their ideas and experiences.
The Victoria Natural History Society offers many field trips and presentations each month for its members. Note that while evening presentations are open to the public, field trips are designed for members. Guests may join for up to three trips, after which they are expected to join the Society. If you like what you see, please support VNHS by becoming a member and/or making a donation.
The primary objectives of the Society are:
  • To stimulate active interest in natural history
  • To study and protect flora and fauna and their habitats
  • To work with other societies and like bodies having interests in common with this Society.

LATEST POSTS IN INVERTEBRATE ALERT

2024 December 10

No Invertebrate Alerts were issued on December 8 and 9.

We may soon be getting a bit late for finding and photographing a native Western Winter Moth at the Goldstrean Nature House.

Here are some photographs obtained by Ian Cooper before dawn on the morning of December 9, at *Colquitz River Park in Saanich and by the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.

 

* Cybaeus sp. (Possibly C. reticulatus ) (Ara.: Cybaeidae)   Ian Cooper

#Forest Spider  Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae)...

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2024 December 7

No Invertebrate Alerts have been issued since December 1.

Aziza Cooper reports several Winter Moths from her house in Saanich.  We show one of them here. These moths are abundant and ubiquitous at present and are nearly all European Winter Moths Operophtera brumata.  We encourge photographers to visit the Nature House at Goldstream Park and photograph Winter Moths there.  There is a very good chance there that you will photograph the native Western Winter Moth Operophtera occi...

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