April 12 morning

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.

2019 April 12 morning

Jody Wells sends pictures of thatcher ants from Oldfield Road, Central Saanich, April 9.

Thatcher ants Formica sp. (Hym.: Formicidae) Jody Wells

He also sends a photograph of a geometrid moth from West Saanich Road on the same date.

Perizoma curvilinea (Lep.: Geometridae) Jody Wells

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