June 28

This blog provides an informal forum for terrestrial invertebrate watchers to post recent sightings of interesting observations in the southern Vancouver Island region. Please send your sightings by email to Jeremy Tatum (tatumjb352@gmail.com). Be sure to include your name, phone number, the species name (common or scientific) of the invertebrate you saw, location, date, and number of individuals. If you have a photograph you are willing to share, please send it along. Click on the title above for an index of past sightings.The index is updated most days.

2016 June 28

Val George writes: Yesterday, June 27, there were two Milbert’s Tortoiseshells at the summit of Mt Douglas. Attached is a photo of one of them.

Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Val George

Jeremy Tatum writes: Here are two Idaea dimidiata that were resting on window panes at UVic today.

Idaea dimidiata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum

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