2022 July 29

    Cheryl  Hoyle sends another spider picture from View Royal.  Dr Robb Bennett writes:  Yes to Eratigena.  Likely duellica.  A male, perhaps juvenile.

 

Eratigena (probably duellica) (Ara.: Agelenidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

 

Jochen Möhr sends a moth picture from Metchosin.  Libby Avis writes:  Macaria lorquinaria. Had a couple of them here [Port Alberni] too last week.

 

Macaria lorquinaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Jeremy  Tatum writes:  On July 15 we showed a picture of a tiny second instar caterpillar of a Red Admiral.  Let us see what progress it has made just 12 days later on July 27:

 

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum