2022 October 22 evening

    Mike Yip sends a photograph of a grasshopper from Nanoose.  He writes:  “When I first saw this creature flying by I thought it might be a moth. It had black wings with a yellow border and finally landed about 50 m away. When I finally got a clear view it turned out to be a grasshopper.” 

  This is the Carolina Grasshopper, often known colloquially as the Mourning Cloak Grasshopper, since it can be mistaken in flight for that butterfly.  

Dissosteira carolina (Orth.: Acrididae)  Mike Yip

   Here are some more creatures of the night, photographed by Ian Cooper.

Harvestman (Opiliones) Ian Cooper

Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Isopoda – Porcellionidae) 
Ian Cooper

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ian Cooper