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.

2023 March 1

2023 March 1

 

Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of a Running Crab Spider from View Royal, February 28.  Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for identifying it as Philodromus rufus.

 

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Philodromus rufus (Ara.: Philodromidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

   Ian Cooper writes from James Bay, February 28: I spotted a number of honey bees feeding on flowers in James Bay this afternoon – my first bee sightings of the year!  The location was a flower bed by the Royal Scot Hotel in James Bay.  I was surprised to see bees buzzing around in a flower garden.  Not sure what kind of flowers they are, but someone may recognize them, as they seem to be popular ornamentals that can withstand our cooler months.  (Bill Savale says probably Helleborus sp.)

 

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Honey Bee  Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

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Honey Bee  Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

 

 

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Honey Bee  Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper