2015 November 1

   Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of a beetle from Sooke Potholes, October 30.  She writes: It held still long enough for a photo.  I saw another two days ago in Eaglecrest Park in Otter Point, but it just moved too fast.  Scott Gilmore writes:  It is a carabid beetle, Scaphinotus angusticollis.  Eater of snail and slugs!  Given its food source, I am not sure why they are so fast.

Scaphinotus angusticollis (Col.: Carabidae)  Rosemary Jorna

  Jeremy Tatum writes:  It’s time for Winter Moths again!  Here is one of two from my Saanich apartment this morning (November 1) – the first I’ve seen this season.

 Winter Moth Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum