2024 July 29 evening
2024 July 29 evening
Aziza Cooper writes: On Thursday, July 25, at McIntyre Reservoir I found these dragonflies and four Cabbage Whites.
Male Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper
Female Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata (Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper
Kirsten Mills saw a Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa at Beckwith Park yesterday, July 28.
Ian Cooper writes: Here’s a selection of pictures taken by the 9 km marker on the #Galloping Goose Trail and *Colquitz River Park on July 25 & 27 2024.
* Ambigolimax valentianus (Pul.: Limacidae) Ian Cooper
# Limax maximus (Pul.: Limacidae) Ian Cooper
Ground beetle – Pterostichus sp. (Col.: Carabidae) Ian Cooper
# Weevil. Sciopithes obscurus(Col.: Curculionidae)
Ian Cooper
We thank Steven Roias and Scott Gilmore for the identification of this weevil, which was initially mislabelled on the site.
# Running crab spider Philodromus sp. (Ara.: Philodromidae) Ian Cooper
* Mosquito – Culiseta incidens (Dip.: Culicidae) Ian Cooper
Jeremy Tatum shows photographs of a caterpillar of a Red Admiral butterfly from nettles at Swan Lake.
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)
Jeremy Tatum