2021 April 3 morning

 

No Butterfly Walk on Sunday.

Message from Gordon Hart:

Hi Everyone,

I just want to confirm that there is no April butterfly walk this weekend. It was cancelled on the VNHS online calendar but does appear in The Naturalist. We hope we will be able to meet in May. In the meantime, we will have an early butterfly count starting April 17, and I will send out a reminder for that later.

 

Butterflies are starting to appear. Check the Invertebrate Alert  for the latest sightings!

Gordon

 

   Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of a small spider from near Kemp Lake, April 1.  Unfortunately it is not always possible to be sure of the identity of small invertebrates from even a good photograph.  Dr Robb Bennett’s best attempt is:

 

Perhaps Ethobuella tuonops

or perhaps  Dirksia cinctipes

or perhaps something totally different!

 

Possibly Ethobuella tuonops (Ara.: Cybaeidae)   Rosemary Jorna

 

   On the other hand, this moth, of which we get just a glimpse, is a relatively easy one.  Photographed by Rosemary on the Galloping Goose on April 2 between the Charters and Todd Creek trestles.

 

Archiearis infans (Lep.: Geometridae)   Rosemary Jorna

 

   Also photographed nearby by Rosemary was this Banana Slug:

 

Banana Slug Ariolimax columbianus (Pul.: Arionidae)  Rosemary Jorna

 

   We don’t know what this fly is, photographed by Ian Cooper.  If any viewer can help, please let us know.

 

Unknown fly (Diptera)  Ian Cooper