2024 July 12 evening

Ian Cooper obtained the following photographs by the E&N Trail and Galloping Goose Trail in the last few days.

Late instar nymph of  Phytocoris tiliae  (Hem.: Miridae)  Ian Cooper

Nymph of Western Conifer Seed Bug  Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hem.: Coreidae)   Ian Cooper

Two-spotted Ladybird   (Col.: Coccinellidae)  Ian Cooper

Steven Roias writes, of the bee below:  She’s very worn but most probably a Bombus fervidus californicus.

Bombus fervidus californicus  (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

Ian writes, of the spider below: Tiny crab spider. Smallest I’ve ever seen!

Crab spider  Ozyptila sp.  (Ara.: Thomisidae)  Ian Cooper
Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for the identification

   Thanks to Libby Avis for the identification of the moth below.  She writes:  They always sit with their wings up like that.

Ceratogalia gueneata  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Ian Cooper

Jochen Möhr photographed “another green one” in Metchosin.  Jochen identifies this one as Nemoria darwiniata.

 Nemoria darwiniata  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr