2024 August 24

   No Invertebrate Alert was issued on August 23.

Marie O’Shaughnessy sends these five photographs from a trip up to Parksville /Nanaimo area Aug 22, 2024

Western Forktail Ischnura perparva  (Odo.: Coenagrionidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Spotted Spreadwing  Lestes congener  (Odo.: Lestidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata  (Odo.: Aeshnidae)   Marie O’Shaughnessy

We thank James Miskelly, who writes, of the following two photographs:

The katydid is Conocephalus fasciatus and the grasshopper is a bit ambiguous. I think it’s Melanoplus sanguinipes but without a side view of the hind femora I can’t rule out M. femurrubrum. On Vancouver Island the latter species is only found in salt marsh habitat.

Conocephalus fasciatus  (Odo.: Tettigoniidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

Melanoplus sanguinipes  (Odo.: Acrididae) Marie O’Shaughnessy

       But see further on the identification of this grasshopper on the August 26 posting.