2025 September 8 evening
Ian Cooper writes: Here are some pictures from my photo shoot in View Royal, September 7.
Female Folding-door Spider at home Antrodiaetus pacificus
(Ara.: Antrodiaetidae)
Ian Cooper
Male Antrodiaetus pacificus on the prowl for a female
(Ara.: Antrodiaetidae)
Ian Cooper
Banana slug Ariolimax columbianus (Pul.: Arionidae) Ian Cooper
Psyllobora borealis (Col.: Coccinellidae) Ian Cooper
Telphusa sp. (Lep.: Gelechiidae) Ian Cooper
Here are some more photographs from yesterday’s VNHS Butterfly Walk
Male Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae) Gordon Hart
Female Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae) Gordon Hart
One of the females was observed ovipositing, leading to the discovery of this egg:
Ovum of Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Lep.: Pieridae) Gordon Hart
Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum (Odo.: Libellulidae) Gordon Hart
Drone fly Eristalis tenax (Dip.: Syrphidae) Gordon Hart
Drone fly Eristalis dimidiata (Dip.: Syrphidae) Gordon Hart
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