2025 July 1 morning
Kirsten Mills found this large beetle near the Hillside Mall in Victoria, June30:
Polyphylla crinita (Col.: Scarabaeidae) Kirsten Mills
Ian Cooper writes: Here are six pictures from *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose in View Royal taken before dawn on June 30.
# Unidentified male Crane Fly (Dip.: Tipulidae) Ian Cooper
# Unidentified Crane Flies in copula (Dip.: Tipulidae) Ian Cooper
These are much smaller than and probably a different species from the previous crane fly.
# Limax maximus (Pul.: Limacidae) Ian Cooper
* Threeband Slug, Ambigolimax sp. (Pul.: Limacidae) Ian Cooper
* Clubiona sp. (Ara.: Clubionidae) Ian Cooper
# Complex Enoplognatha ovata (Ara.: Theridiidae) Ian Cooper
Aziza Cooper writes, on June 30: At about 5 pm, at Mount Tolmie:
Anise Swallowtail – 1, missing all of its right hindwing
Western Tiger Swallowtail – 1
Pale Tiger Swallowtail – 1
Lorquin’s Admiral – 3
Painted Lady – 2
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon (Lep.: Papilionidae)
Aziza Cooper
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper
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