2025 January 13
No Invertebrate Alert was posted on January 12.
Jeremy Tatum writes: A few days ago (see January 7) I got a surprise by finding a nice noctuid moth – a Girdler Moth Dargida procincta. Libby Avis writes that: “Powell and Opler say the adults fly most of the year in the US, except for December and most of January, so that one may be less surprising given the mild winter.” Yesterday, continues Jeremy, I got another surprise of an unexpected winter noctuid. The handsome moth ...
2025 January 11
Here’s a selection of creatures photographed by Ian Cooper in View Royal last night.
Soldier beetle larva (Col.: Cantharidae) Ian Cooper
Jeremy Tatum writes: This could easily be mistaken for a moth caterpillar. Indeed, I did so myself once, and would probably have done so again if Ian hadn’t pointed out that this is a soldier beetle grub.
Possibly a juvenile Cybaeus sp. (Ara.: Cybaeidae) Ian Cooper
Forest Spider Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae) Ian Cooper