2023 January 6

 

   In response to my remarks (January 4) concerning the relative paucity of invertebrates to be found in the dull, dark days of January, Ian Cooper writes:   “You’ve got to be kidding! There is no shortage of critters around for anyone willing to take a closer look.”   He sends a small sample of what he found on January 5 at Colquitz River Park in Saanich and the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.  The identities given in the labels below are tentative; if anyone can do better with them, please do let us know.

 

 

Cybaeus sp.: (Ara.: Cybaeidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Cybaeus sp.: (Ara.: Cybaeidae)  Ian Cooper

 

 

 

Linyphiid spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae)  Ian Cooper

 

 

 

Linyphiid spider, probably Neriene sp.  (Ara.: Linyphiidae)  Ian Cooper

 

 

 

 

Possibly Pimoa sp.? (Ara.: Pimoidae) Ian Cooper

 

 

 

   Ian describes the next one as an incredibly tiny harvestman. Maybe 3mm across, including legs!

Harvestman (Opiliones)  Ian Cooper