2024 May 17
2024 May 17
Ian Cooper photographed this soldier beetle in Colquitz River Park, May 15. We are grateful to Scott Gilmore who identified it as belonging to the genus Silis.
Soldier beetle Silis sp. (Col.: Cantharidae) Ian Cooper
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.