2025 April 16
Here is a selection of pictures from Ian Cooper’s March 3rd 2025 photo shoot at Colquitz River Park in Saanich.
Running crab spider – Philodromus dispar (Ara.: Philodromidae) Ian Cooper
Cybaeus signifer (Ara.: Cybaeidae) Ian Cooper
Triangle web spider – Hyptiotes gertschi (Ara.: Uloboridae)
Ian Cooper
Common Chrysalis Snail – Lauria cylindracea – (Pul.: Lauriidae)
Ian Cooper
Banded Garden Snail – Cepaea nemoralis (Pul.: Helicidae)
Ian Cooper
Common Pillbug – Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Armidillidiidae) Ian Cooper
Here’s a female Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae) spotted by Ian Cooper in a gash on the side of an alder tree by the Galloping Goose Trail before dawn on April 14 2025.
Female Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae) Ian Cooper
Aziza Cooper writes: On April 14, at East Sooke Park there were three Western Spring Azures and several other insects. On April 15, on Lochside Trail north of Hunt Road, we saw two Western Spring Azures and a Mourning Cloak.
Aziza continues: at Mt. Douglas’ west slope, there were three Sara Orangetips, but they were too active for photos.
Jeremy Tatum writes: These are the first Orangetips to be reported to Invert Sightings this year. As a onetime astronomer, I insist that Spring begins when the right ascension and declination of the Sun are both zero. There are some, however, who say that Spring doesn’t really start until you have seen the first Orangetips of the year.
Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo (Lep.: Lycaenidae)
Aziza Cooper
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphallidae)
Aziza Cooper
Invert Sightings 