2025 August 4 evening
Here are some pictures of invertebrates obtained by Ian Cooper along the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal on the evening of August 2.
The first is a micro moth. It has lost a lot of scales and the pattern is rather worn to the extent that accurate identification may not be possible. That said, it does resemble to some extent some species in the Family Blastobasidae, such as Blastoblasis rebeli and Calosima munroei.
Micro moth (Lep.: Possibly Family Blastobasidae) Ian Cooper
Female Crane Fly ovipositing.
Probably Tipula pubera (Dip.: Tipulidae)
Ian Cooper
Unidentified ichneumonoid wasp
(Hym.: Superfamily Ichneumonoidea)
Ian Cooper
Assassin bug (Hym.: Reduviidae –
probably Thread-legged Bug – Emesinae)
Ian Cooper
Male Sierra Dome Spider Neriene litigiosa (Ara.: Linyphiidae)
Ian Cooper
Cybaeus signifer (Ara.: Cybaeidae) Ian Cooper
Invert Sightings 