2019 March 15

   Now that it’s less cold than it has been for some time, a few insects are beginning to stir.  Nathan Fisk saw the bee below in Oak Bay on March 13.  It looks rather like a Honey Bee Apis mellifera, but we can’t be quite sure, so I’ll just label it “bee”!

Bee (Hym.: Apidae)  Nathan Fisk

 

   The first butterfly to be reported to Invertebrate Alert in 2018 was on March 11. We are promised some slightly warmer temperatures this weekend, so I expect some butterfly reports to come in!  Jeremy Tatum