INVERTEBRATE ALERT
This blog provides an informal forum for terrestrial invertebrate watchers to post recent sightings of interesting observations in the southern Vancouver Island region. Please send your sightings by email to Jeremy Tatum (tatumjb352@gmail.com). Be sure to include your name, phone number, the species name (common or scientific) of the invertebrate you saw, location, date, and number of individuals. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please send it along. Click on the title above for an index of past sightings.The index is updated most days.

April 23

2021 April 23

St George’s Day

 

   Jochen Möhr writes from Metchosin:  This morning at the black light 

1 Phyllodesma americana

and at the bright light

1 Perizoma curvilinea

 

The latter I could not document because it was very jittery and flew off.

 


Phyllodesma americana (Lep.:  Lasiocampidae)  Jochen Möhr