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.

2024 March 16

2024 March 16

More butterflies.

   Gordon Hart saw a Mourning Cloak at his Highlands demesne on March 14.   Kirsten Mills saw two more Mourning Cloaks during a walk around Swan Lake today, March 16.   Jeremy Tatum saw a California Tortoiseshell on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:00 pm today.  Jeff Gaskin saw no fewer than five Satyr Commas in Duncan today. They were along the Beverly Street / Lakes Road trail from Somenos Marsh to the sewage lagoons.