2018 May 21 morning

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  From Tuesday until Saturday inclusive this week I shall be heavily involved with the Canadian Astronomical Society meeting in Victoria.  Consequently there may be some delays in posting Invert Alert contributions.  By all means continue to submit your observations and photographs, though it would be helpful if photographers would, during these few days, concentrate their attention on the less frequently photographed species.  Thank you.

 

   Erratum:  In the posting of May 20 evening, I had incorrectly labelled a snakefly.  This has now been corrected.

 

    On May 19 Andrew Simon photographed a jumping spider on Galiano Island.  We are thankful to Sean McCann for confirming its identification as Metaphidippus manni.

 

Metaphidippus manni (Ara.: Salticidae) Andrew Simon

 

Metaphidippus manni (Ara.: Salticidae) Andrew Simon

 

 

   Here are some moths photographed by Jochen Möhr in Metchosin, and identified for us by Libby Avis.

 

Pero behrensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Pero (probably behrensaria)  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Sabulodes aegrotata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Jochen Möhr

 

Hydriomena (californiata or marinata)(Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

 

Plagodis pulveraria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

More in the queue this evening…