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The Victoria Natural History Society (VNHS) formed in 1944 and currently has about 750 members. We are a volunteer-run organization. Members have developed their interest in nature in a wide variety of ways—some are professional biologists, others are students, most are amateur or volunteer naturalists. VNHS provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world to come together to share their ideas and experiences.
The Victoria Natural History Society offers many field trips and presentations each month for its members. Note that while evening presentations are open to the public, field trips are designed for members. Guests may join for up to three trips, after which they are expected to join the Society. If you like what you see, please support VNHS by becoming a member and/or making a donation.
The primary objectives of the Society are:
  • To stimulate active interest in natural history
  • To study and protect flora and fauna and their habitats
  • To work with other societies and like bodies having interests in common with this Society.

LATEST POSTS IN INVERTEBRATE ALERT

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

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