2025 August 29
Jeremy Tatum writes: The moth below was one of two individuals of the species on the wall of my Saanich apartment this morning. Like the two Noctua species that we often see on this site, this moth is a European introduction. It is known in the U.K. as the Square-spot Rustic, although, when talking to myself (only), I call it “X x”.
Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum
Here are six pictures from Ian Cooper’s August 27 photo shoot in View Royal.
Harvestman Leptobunus parvulus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae)
Ian Cooper
Male Folding Door Spider Antrodiaetus pacificus
(Ara.-Myg.: Antrodiaetidae) Ian Cooper
Cybaeus (probably signifer ) (Ara.: Cybaeidae) Ian Cooper
Possibly Eratigena agrestis (Ara: Agelenidae) Ian Cooper
Camel Cricket Pristoceuthophilus celatus
(Orth.: Rhaphidophoridae) Ian Cooper
Unidentified caterpillar (Lep.: Geometridae) Ian Cooper
Jeff Gaskin reports that there were two Common Green Darners in Uplands Park this morning, August 29.
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