{"id":20719,"date":"2024-02-11T16:52:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T00:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2024-02-11T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T01:14:50","slug":"2024-february-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20719","title":{"rendered":"2024 February 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 February 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Here are some invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper in *Colquitz River Park in Saanich and by the 9 km marker on the Galloping Goose Trail in #View Royal early on Feb 7 2024.\u00a0\u00a0 Ian\u2019s suggested identifications are given.<\/p>\n<p>Invertebrate Alert has not often had photographs of earthworms \u2013 although they are certainly invertebrates!\u00a0 The default species found in gardens is usually <em>Lumbricus terrestris <\/em>\u2013 the one we all learned about in biology lessons at school!\u00a0 But this one was not in a garden, and Ian suggests that it might be a native species &#8211; <em>Arctiostrotus vancouverensis.\u00a0 <\/em>If there are any earthworm specialists among our viewers, please let us know what you think!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20711 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00944c-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00944c-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00944c-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00944c-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00944c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/em>*Possibly <em>Arctiostrotus vancouverensis<\/em>\u00a0(Opisthopora: Acanthodrilidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20713 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00969cs-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00969cs-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00969cs-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00969cs-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00969cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/>#European Sowbug &#8211; <em>Oniscus asellus<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Oniscidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00945cs-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00945cs-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00945cs-1024x964.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00945cs-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC00945cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/>*Harvestman (Opi.: Phalangiidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>Val George writes:\u00a0 This morning, February 11, this moth, <strong><em>Phigalia plumogeraria<\/em><\/strong>, was on the wall of my Oak Bay house, along with two <em>Hydriomena nubilofasciata<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20710 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phigalia-plumogeraria-3-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phigalia-plumogeraria-3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phigalia-plumogeraria-3-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phigalia-plumogeraria-3-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phigalia-plumogeraria-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>Male <em>Phigalia plumogeraria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Val George<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 February 11 \u00a0 Here are some invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper in *Colquitz River Park in Saanich and by the 9 km marker on the Galloping Goose Trail in #View Royal early on Feb 7 2024.\u00a0\u00a0 Ian\u2019s suggested identifications are given. 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