INVERTEBRATE ALERT
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.

November 7

2016 November 7

   Jeremy Gatten writes:  I don’t have photos to share, but I can add a few moth sightings from recent times.   There has been a sprinkling of Winter Moths (Operophtera brumata) and Autumnal Moths (Epirrita autumnata) under the lights and also a couple Orthosia mys that are starting to fade a little.  I also had an Alfalfa Looper (Autographa californica) yesterday.  I also had what I believe was an Artichoke Plume Moth (Platyptilia carduidactylus).  Getting pretty quiet, though.  Also, just for. reference, a few darners were seen flying around but I never got to see any up close for identification.