2021 August 3 morning

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.

2021 August 3 morning

Val George sends a photograph of an Essex Skipper, which clearly shows the shape of the tips of the antennae, which can be compared with yesterday’s photographs of the Woodland Skipper.

Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Val George

Here are some photographs by Aziza Cooper from the VHNS Butterfly Walk at Royal Roads University on August 1.

Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus (Lep.: Papilionidae) Aziza Cooper

Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Aziza Cooper

Sand Wasp Bembix sp. (Hym.: Crabronidae) Aziza Cooper

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