2019 October 7

 

   Some of Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin yesterday, identified by Libby Avis.

 

Ceranemota fasciata (Lep.: Drepanidae – Thysanurinae) Jochen Möhr

Ceranemota fasciata (Lep.: Drepanidae – Thysanurinae) Jochen Möhr

 

Agrotis ipsilon (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

Agrotis ipsilon (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Möhr

 Tetracis jubararia/pallulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

…and some from this morning:

 

Tetracis jubararia/pallulata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

Ceranemota fasciata (Lep.: Drepanidae – Thysanurinae) Jochen Möhr

 

On October 5, Jochen photographed the harvestman below, which is not the ubiquitous Phalangium opilio.  Dr Philip Bragg of UBC writes:  It is difficult to be completely sure about this identification since I cannot see some of the diagnostic features I would have liked to have seen, e.g . is the palpal claw toothed? However, I think it likely that this harvestman is Nelima paessleri.

 

So, photographers, next time you snap a harvestman, be sure to get a close-up of the palps!  And, by the way, did you know that the second pair of legs of most harvestmen is the longest?  Well, ye ken noo.

 

Probably Nelima paessleri (Opi.:  Sclerosomatidae) Jochen Möhr

Probably Nelima paessleri (Opi.:  Sclerosomatidae) Jochen Möhr