2024 July 6 morning

  Ian Cooper writes:  Here is a selection of photos taken late on July 4 by the ^E&N trail and by the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal, as dusk gave way to nightfall.

Arion rufus (Pul.: Arionidae)   Ian Cooper

I was amazed at how big this slug was when I spotted it through the vegetation by the trail. Easily the largest slug of this species I’ve seen yet!

#Mosquito – Culiseta incidens (Dip.: Culicidae)   Ian Cooper

#Blue-green Sharpshooter Hordnia atropunctata (Hem.: Coccinellidae)   Ian Cooper

^Spittle Bug – Philaenus spumarius (Hem.: Cercopidae)   Ian Cooper

^Seven-spotted Ladybird – Coccinella septempunctata (Col.: Coccinellidae)
Ian Cooper