April 20

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.

2017 April 20

Jeremy Tatum writes: I saw at least 5 Cabbage Whites from the care window this afternoon when I was driving from downtown to UVic. I hope this means an end to our butterfly dearth.

Annie Pang sends recent pictures of bees and a butterfly from Gorge Park.