2024 May12 morning
Aziza Cooper reports that on the afternoon of May 11, there was one Brown Elfin, two Painted Ladies and one Mourning Cloak at the Mount Tolmie reservoir, and elsewhere on Mount Tolmie she saw two Western Spring Azures. Photographs of two of these butterflies and a fly are shown below. We thank Steven Roias for the identification of the fly.
Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Aziza Cooper
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper...
2024 May 11 morning
Ian Cooper writes: Here are some of the invertebrate photos taken just before dawn and shortly after by the 9 km marker on the GG Trail in View Royal on May 10, 2024.
Cybaeus (probably signifer) (Ara.: Cybaeidae) Ian Cooper
Clubiona sp. (Ara.: Clubionidae) Ian Cooper
Unidentified noctuid caterpillar (Le.: Noctuidae) Ian Cooper
Unknown. Possibly a soft scale insect (Hem.: Coccidae) Ian Cooper
Plectrura spinicauda (Col.: Cerambycidae) Ian Cooper
Culiseta inciden...