2018 April 27

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I am in he process of moving my office.  This may possibly mean a delay in  Invert Alert service for a day or two.  If your picture does not appear immediately, have patience!

 

   Samantha Hatfield sends pictures of a Mourning Cloak  and a green lacewing from Beacon Hill Park this morning,  It would need a specialist to identify the lacewing below subfamily level – there are many similar species.

 

 

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Samantha Hatfield

 

 

 

 

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Samantha Hatfield

 

 

Green lacewing (Neu.: Chrysopidae – Chrysopinae)

Samantha Hatfield

 

   Gordon Hart sends a photograph of a Moss’s Elfin  from his Highlands property.

 

Moss’s Elfin Incisalia mossii  (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Gordon Hart

 

 

   Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a spider from his Saanich apartment building this morning.   I’ll label it Eratigena atrica, in order to be consistent with other photographs of this animal that have appeared on this site, though the genus name has varied between Eratigena and Tegenaria (which are anagrams!) and the species name between atrica and duellica.

 

Eratigena atrica (Ara.:  Agelenidae)  Jeremy Tatum