Invertebrate Alert – Page 9 – Victoria Natural History Society

2024 November 10

2024 November 10

No Invertebrate Alert was issued on November 9.

Ian Cooper writes: Here are six photographs from today’s predawn / early morning photo shoot in #View Royal and ^Esquimalt.

^Winter Moth Operophtera brumata (Lep.: Geometridae) Ian Cooper

# Long-jawed Orb Weaver – Metellina sp. (Ara.: Tetragnathidae) Ian Cooper

# Elongate-bodied springtail, Tomocerus sp. (Coll.: Tomoceridae) Ian Cooper

# Prophysaon (probably foliolatum) (Pul.: Arionidae) Ian Cooper

The next two photographs are of the same individual snail.

# Northwest Hesperian Vespericola columbianus (Pul.: Polygyridae) Ian Cooper

2024 November 8

2024 November 8

More photographs from Ian Cooper’s November 5 and 7 photoshoots.

Harvestman Leptobunus parvulus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae) Ian Cooper

Harvestman Protolophus sp. (Opiliones: Protolophidae) Ian Cooper

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

Longneck Field Slug Deroceras invadens – (Pul.: Agriolimacidae) Ian Cooper

Common Striped Woodlouse Philoscia muscorum (Isopoda: Oniscidae) Ian Cooper

Springtail Orchesella villosa (Coll.: Orchesellidae) Ian Cooper

Painted Lady !!! Jeff Gaskin writes: Today, November 7th, I actually saw the Painted Lady which has been on Christmas Hill for the past month. I’ve only seen Painted Ladies in November now just twice, and the only other time was close to 30 years ago, November 2nd. The Lady appeared at 1:10 p.m. when the sun came out and was still there when I left around 1:20 p.m.

Here are some November 7 photographs by Ian Cooper at Colquitz River Park:

Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba (Lep.: Noctuidae) Ian Cooper

Camel cricket Pristoceuthophilus celatus (Orth.: Rhaphidophoridae) Ian Cooper

Three-banded Garden Slug Ambigolimax valentianus (Pul.: Limacidae) Ian Cooper

Privet Leafhopper, Fieberiella florii (Hem.: Cicadellidae) Ian Cooper

Dr Robb Bennett writes of the spider below: :It is an erigonine linyphiid. A mature male. But I don’t think it is an Erigone species. So, best I can do is subfamily Erigoninae.”

Small spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae- Erigoniinae) Ian Cooper

Crab Spider Xysticus (probably X. cristatus) (Ara.: Thomisidae) Ian Cooper

Unidentified Nematoceran fly (Dip.: Nematocera

2024 November 6

2024 November 6

We have here tworecent spider photographs from Ian Cooper. We are grateful to Dr Robb Bennett for help with the identifications. The first is a linyphiid – a large and difficult group which, for the time being, we leave at the Family level:

Linyphiid spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae) Ian Cooper

Dr Bennett writes of the next one: I’m not sure but I THINK your spider is a philodromid crab spider. One of the darker Philodromus/Rhysodromus species

Probably running crab spider Philodromus or Rhysodromus (Ara.: Philodromidae) Ian Cooper

Also note that a bug shown on October 30 morning (q.v.), tentatively suggested to be a nabid, has now been identified by Charlene Wood as belonging to the mirid tribe Dicyphini.