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 22

2019 November 22

 

   Dan Hourigan sends a photograph of a caterpillar that was spotted at Langford Lake on October 8 taking a leisurely stroll down the handrail of the boardwalk.

   


Furcula scolopendrina (Lep.: Notodontidae) Dan Hourigan

 

   Jochen Möhr sends pictures of a lone Erannis vancouverensis from Metchosin this morning.

 


Erannis vancouverensis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 


Erannis vancouverensis (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr