2022 September 18

    Cheryl Hoyle sends photographs of a spider and a beetle from View Royal September 17.  Thanks to Scott Gilmore for the beetle identification.

Araneus diadematus (Ara.: Araneidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Black Vine Weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Col.: Curculionidae)

Cheryl Hoyle

Here is a collection of recent photographs taken by Ian Cooper in the middle of the night along the Galloping Goose Trail and in Colquitz River Park.

Stilt bug Neoneides muticus (Hem.: Berytidae)  Ian Cooper

Red Carpenter Ant Camponotus vicinus (Hym.: Formicidae)

Ian Cooper

Probably Trogloneta sp. (Ara.: Mysmenidae)  Ian Cooper

Male Neriene sp. (Ara.: Linyphiidae)  Ian Cooper

Metellina sp. (Ara.: Tetragnathidae)  Ian Cooper

2022 September 17

    Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of a Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum from Aylard Farm , September 16.  Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings for confirming the identification.

Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum (Odo.: Libellulidae)  Aziza Cooper

   Jeff Gaskin writes: Yesterday, Sept. 16, I saw an Eight-spotted Skimmer in Cuthbert Holmes Park and a Common Green Darner was in Beacon Hill Park.

   Jeremy Tatum shows two large moth pupae:

Upper:  Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)

Lower: Eyed Hawk Moth Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae)

Jeremy Tatum

   He also shows a snail from his Saanich garden:

Cepaea nemoralis (Pul.: Helicidae)  Jeremy Tatum

2022 September 16

    Mike Yip writes:    With the temperature just barely 9° C during a family visit to Paradise Meadows on Mount Washington, I had no expectations of seeing any butterflies, but to my surprise we saw three. The first was a Hydaspe Fritillary that I flushed off the boardwalk when I wasn’t paying attention;  the second a fly-by Mourning Cloak; and the third a beautiful pre-hibernation Mourning Cloak in pristine, new generation colours basking on the boardwalk. The photo doesn’t do it justice as it was absolutely striking in the bright, filtered sunlight.

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.:Nymphalidae)  Mike Yip

2022 September 15 evening

    Jeremy Tatum sends photographs of eggs of the Large Yellow Underwing moth on a leaf blade of Reed Canary Grass from Martindale Road.

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jeremy Tatum

2022 September 15 morning

   Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of a small moth at her house, September 14:

Udea profondalis (Lep.: Crambidae)  Aziza Cooper

Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a caterpillar found near Blenkinsop Lake today, September 15. A small green caterpillar on nettle, with only three pairs of mid-abdominal prolegs has to be Hypena sp.  [Added later:  The adult moth emerged on September 30 (see October 1 posting) and it turned out to be H. californica.]

Hypena californica (Lep.: Erebidae – Hypeninae)   Jeremy Tatum

Cheryl Hoyle sends photographs of a hover fly and a Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar from View Royal, September 14.

Hover fly Syrphus sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Hover fly Syrphus sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Yellow Woolly Bear Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Cheryl Hoyle