2024 November 19

Ian Cooper writes:  I made a point of riding to Colquitz River Park and View Royal for a photoshoot overnight to ‘seize the opportunity’ to take pictures ahead of the approaching windstorm that’s expected to wreak havoc later today and Wednesday. Despite the forecast calling for 60% showers and donning my raingear, I wasn’t rained on at all over the entire 4 1/2 hour outing, although it had obviously showered before I left James Bay out around 2:30 am. It was cool out; there was frost on the Selkirk Trestle on the way to Colquitz, but I was well insulated with multiple layers.

All pictures are from my overnight photo shoot at *Colquitz River Park and # View Royal on November 19.

# Crane fly larva – a “leatherjacket”, most likely Tipula paludosa (Dip.: Tipulidae) Ian Cooper

# Ptenothrix maculosa olympia (Coll.: Symphypleona – Dicyrtomidae)  Ian Cooper

* Arion hortensis (Pul.: Arionidae)  Ian Cooper

# Harvestman  Leptobunus parvulus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae)
with its captured prey – a Longneck Field Slug Deroceras invadens  (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)
Ian Cooper

# Crab spider  Xysticus cristatus (Ara.: Thomisidae)  Ian Cooper

Large Yellow Underwing  Noctua pronuba  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Ian Cooper