2023 July 1 morning

A miscellany of creatures from Cheryl Hoyle in View Royal and Ian Cooper both in View Royal.  Thanks to Ian Cooper for the identification of the first three.

Thaumatomyia glabra  (Dip.: Chloropidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Rhagoletis berberis (Dip.: Tephritidae)  Ian Cooper

Phalangium opilio (Opiliones:  Phalangiidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Ladybird beetle larva Harmonia axyridis  (Col.: Coccinellidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

Lacinipolia patalis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Cheryl Hoyle
Thanks to Libby Avis for the identification.

European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Hym.: Vespidae)
Ian Cooper

Bombus vosnesenskii  (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

Bombus fervidus californicus (Hym.: Apidae)

We thank Steven Roias for confirmation of these two bumblebees. Of the latter, Steven writes:  Bombus fervidus includes californicus for the dark morphologies on the west coast. They are genetically indistinct, therefore we need to remind ourselves that californicus is fervidus of another colour. For this example, I like to spell out Bombus fervidus californicus. iNaturalist distinguishes californicus from fervidus, even though the science does not support this split.