2024 February 18

   More invertebrates by Ian Cooper. Pre-dawn, February 18.  *Colquitz River Park and #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.

#Unidentified fly (Dip.: – Nematocera, possibly Trichoceridae)  Ian Cooper

*Arion subfuscus (Pul.: Arionidae)   Ian Cooper

#Snout mite (Acari:  Bdellidae)   Ian Cooper

#Folding door spider – Antrodiaetus pacificus (Ara.:- Mygalomorpha:   Antrodiaetidae)   Ian Cooper

*Unidentified male linyphiid spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae)   Ian Cooper

*Unidentified linyphiid spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae)   Ian Cooper

2024 February 16

Here is another variety of invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper on February 16 2024 in *Colquitz River Park and by the 9 km marker on the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.

* Springtail – Orchesella villosa (Coll.: Orchesellidae)   Ian Cooper

* Globular springtail. (Collembola – Symphypleona – Dicyrtomidae)   Ian Cooper

* Eratigena sp. (Ara: Agelenidae)   Ian Cooper

# Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae)   Ian Cooper

# Unidentified linyphiid spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae)   Ian Cooper

# Unidentified linyphiid spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae)   Ian Cooper

2024 February 15

   More invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper in the predawn of February 7 along the Galloping Goose Trail, View Royal.

Running crab spider Philodromus dispar (Ara.: Philodromidae)   Ian Cooper

Cross Orb-weaver Araneus diadematus  (Ara.: Araneidae)   Ian Cooper

Grey Field Slug – Deroceras reticulatum (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)   Ian Cooper

2024 February 14

  Butterfly!   Gordon Hart passes on a note from Burl Jantzen that yesterday, February 13, Burl saw a Mourning Cloak near the south end of the Swan Lake boardwalk.

  Libby Avis has identified the (hitherto unidentified) moth shown on February 10  (quo vade).

  Here is a wide variety of invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper on February 12 2024 in *Colquitz River Park and by the 9 km marker on the Galloping Goose Trail in #View Royal.

# Snout mite (Acari:  Bdellidae)  Ian Cooper

*Lauria cylindracea (Pul.: Lauriidae)  Ian Cooper

*Deroceras panormitanum (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)  Ian Cooper

#Orchesella cincta (Coll.: Orchesellidae)  Ian Cooper

#Globular springtail (Collembola – Symphypleona – Dicyrtomenidae)  Ian Cooper

#Crane fly larva – a “leatherjacket” – most likely Tipula paludosa (Dip.: Tipulidae)  Ian Cooper

2024 February 13

    At last, after navigating through the difficulties of installing a new computer system and transferring files from one to the other, I believe Invertebrate Alert is now almost back in business. The one thing still remaining to do is to update the Index. I haven’t managed to update that since February 5 – I am still working on it (writes Jeremy Tatum).

   Ian Cooper sends a photograph of a springtail from View Royal, Feb 07 2024, and some recent spiders.  We thank Dr Robb Bennett for help with identifying the spiders.

Springtail  Orchesella cincta (Coll.: Orchesellidae)    Ian Cooper

Of the first two spiders below, Dr Bennett writes:  They are most likely a conspecific male and female pair. The female is definitely a Neriene – enough of the epigyne is visible in the side view to confirm the genus. Probably N. digna but I’m not positive without being able to examine the beasts. So, “Neriene sp.”

Male Neriene sp. (Ara.:  Linyphiidae – Linyphiinae)  Ian Cooper

Female Neriene sp. (Ara.:  Linyphiidae – Linyphiinae)  Ian Cooper

Next – another linyphiine, probably again Neriene:

Probably Neriene (Ara.: Linyphiidae – Linyphiinae)  Ian Cooper

Of the last one, below,  Ian writes:  I recognized this spider as soon as I saw it, but was not able to get a good side photo of it because it retreated to a crevice at the back of the hollow it was set up in when my camera’s flash went off. I’ll likely have further opportunities to photograph it in future, as these spiders tend to stay put.

Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae)  Ian Cooper

More tomorrow…