2020 April 19  morning

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  We start this morning with two spiders.  Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for the identifications.

 

  The first is from Jochen Möhr in Metchosin.  It has captured a geometrid moth, which I might be able to identify if I had the energy.  But I don’t have the energy!

 

Zebra spider Salticus scenicus (Ara.: Salticidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   The second was photographed at Coles Bay, North Saanich, by Mr E:

 

Arctosa perita (Ara.: Lycosidae)   Mr E

 

   Dr Bennett writes:

 

Arctosa perita, a species of Mediterranean origin established here sometime in the last half of the 20^th century.  Here are the BC locality data we have for this species:

 

Savary Is, Nanaimo (Richard Lk), Kludahk Trail (~13km NW Jordan R), Victoria area (Island View Beach), Vancouver area (Burnaby, Coquitlam, Iona Beach, Deas Is, Boundary Bay)

 

Arctosa perita is a very pretty spider. Relatively abundant in the dune area and other sandy spots at Island View Beach. They can be hard to spot—their coloration and patterning make them blend in very well with the sand.

 

 

   Yesterday Ron Flower photographed a dragonfly at Gore Park, Central Saanich.  Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings for identifying it as a female California Darner.

 

Caifornia Darner Rhionaeschna californica (Odo.: Aeschnidae)   Ron Flower

 

   Here’s a pug photographed in Metchosin yesterday by Jochen Möhr.   Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying it as Eupithecia rotundopuncta.

 

 

Eupithecia rotundopuncta (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen Möhr

 

  Next is a mite, identified by Dr Heather Proctor as a predatory snout mite of the family Bdellidae, from Cole Bay, North Saanich:

 

Snout mite (Acari:  Bdellidae)  Mr E