2020 October 7 morning

 

   A collection of invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper during another dusk excursion to the Galloping Goose 9km marker:

 

   These Snail-eating Beetles really do seem to enjoy feasting upon snails! 

Snail-eating Beetles Scaphinotus angusticollis (Col.: Carabidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Limax maximus (Pul.: Limacidae)  Ian Cooper

 

   We are not sure which of two species of polygyrid snail this is:

 

Cryptomastix germana or Vespericola columbianus (Pul.: Polygyridae)  Ian Cooper

 

Probably Uroleucon sp. (Hem.: Aphididae)  Ian Cooper

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:

 

1 Eupithecia sp.

1 Eulithis xylina

1 Drepanulatrix sp.

1 Philedia punctomacularia

1 Sunira decipiens

1 Tetracis jubararia

 

Sunira decipiens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Tetracis (probably jubararia)  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Philedia punctomacularia (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  This delicate little moth was on the wall of my Saanich apartment building last night:

Amblyptilia pica (Lep.: Pterophoridae)  Jeremy Tatum