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.

October 31

2019 October 31

 

   After three days of nothing, Jochen Möhr has a few moths from Metchosin – one of which is probably (from the time of year)  Triphosa haesitata, but which looks very like some varieties of Coryphista meadii!   For the time being, I’ll label it as a probable Triphosa haesitata.  Here is Jochen’s list for this morning:

 

1 Epirrita autumnata

1 Triphosa haesitata

1 Xanthorhoe defensaria

 

 

Probably Triphosa haesitata (Lep.: Geometridae)   Jochen Möhr

 


Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 


Epirrita autumnata (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr