2025 July 18 morning
A selection of photographs by Ian Cooper from his July 15 /16 2025 photo shoot along the E&N trail and near the 9 km marker of the GG trail in View Royal.
The first is the cocoon of a bagworm moth. The cocoon is made by the caterpillar and decorated with short sections of grass stems. The caterpillar lives in the cocoon and pupates inside it. If it is a male, a small black moth emerges. If it is a female, however, the female adult moth is flightless and remains inside the cocoon, waiting for a male to find her and mate.
Psyche casta (Lep.: Psychidae) Ian Cooper
Complex Enoplognatha ovata (Ara.: Theridiidae) Ian Cooper
Cybaeus sp. (Ara.: Cybaeidae) Ian Cooper
Probably Tipula pubera (Dip.: Tipulidae) Ian Cooper
Philaenus sp. (Hem.: Aphrophoridae) Ian Cooper
Phytocoris sp. (Hem.: Miridae) Ian Cooper
Homoneura sp. (Dip.: Lauxaniidae) Ian Cooper
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