2025 April 13 morning

   Here, I think, writes Jeremy Tatum, is the last of the backlog of non-lepidopterous invertebrates.  This evening, I hope, we shall post the backlog of moths.  As with the backlogs of all the photographs submitted during the February-March technical problems, we label these photographs with only the name of the animal and the name of the photographer.  Tomorrow morning, if all goes well, we shall post the butterfly sightings and photographs that we have received this year.  After that, I hope things will be back to normal.

   Send photographs or reports of sightings to    tatumjb352 at gmail dot com     (photographs preferably as attachments). To view the postings on this site, type   invertsight.com   at the top of your screen.

Camel Cricket
Pristoceuthophilus celatus (Orth.: Rhaphidophoridae) 

Ian Cooper

Bristly Millepede
Polyxenes sp. ( Diplopoda – Polydesmida:  Polydesmidae)
  Ian Cooper

Running crab spider Philodromus sp.(Ara.: Philodromidae)
  Ian Cooper

Callobius pictus (Ara.: Amaurobiidae)   Ian Cooper

Callobius pictus (Ara.: Amaurobiidae)   Ian Cooper

Carabus nemoralis  (Col.: Carabidae) Ian Cooper

Limax maximus  (Pul.: Limacidae)  Ian Cooper

2025 April 12

   We are continuing with the backlog, first posting nonlepidopterous invertebrates, limiting labelling to the names of the organism and the photographer.  These will be followed, later, with moths, and then butterflies, and we hope, after the backlog has been cleared, to return to normal.

Soldier beetle larva – (Col.: Cantharidae)   Ian Cooper

Deinopteroloma subcostatum  (Col.: Staphylinidae)   Ian Cooper

Pacific Sideband Snail – Monadenia fidelis (Pul.: Xanthonychidae)   Ian Cooper

Female Linyphiid spider, possibly Neriene sp. (Ara.: Linyphiidae)   Ian Cooper

Male linyphiid spider, possibly Neriene sp. (Ara.: Linyphiidae)  
Ian Cooper

Non-biting midge (possibly Chironomus sp.)  (Dip.: Chironomidae)  Ian Cooper

Pedetontus saltator (Microcoryphia: Machilidae) 
Ian Cooper

Deroceras reticulatum  (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)  Ian Cooper

Saint Mark’s Fly (Dip.: Bibionidae)  Aziza Cooper

Hover fly  (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Aziza Cooper

Omus dejeanii  (Col.:  Carabidae – Cicindelinae) Aziza Cooper

2025 April 11

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  There have been no fresh postings to Invert Alert for several weeks.  One of the problems relates to a problem in the current re-organization of the VNHS Website, which results in my not being able to edit or add to Invert Alert.  It does not appear that there is likely soon to be any solution to the problem.  Therefore, Charles Martin is attempting to open another “blog” for me, to be called Invertebrate Sightings Victoria, or, for short, Invertsight, of which this is the first such posting.  It will not be part of the VNHS Website, and hence will presumably not be affected by the current re-organization of that site.

   There is a large backlog of images and sightings that have been sent to me in recent weeks, and, until these have been cleared up, for most of them I shall label the photographs with only the name of the organism and the name of the photographer, with no further details.  Once the backlog is over, I expect Invertsight will look very much like Invert Alert did. There will doubtless be a few glitches in the first few postings.

   In order to submit photographs or records of sightings, just send them in the usual way to me at tatumjb at gmail dot com, using the usual symbols for “at” and “dot”  (not used here for security reasons).  If you just want to look at the site, type     “invertsight.com”  at the top of the screen.

  Here, below, is the first batch of photographs.  If all goes well, more of the backlog will follow in the next few days, after which Invertsight should begin to look just like Invert Alert did.  Butterflies will be last – in a few days – with a bit more information than just the name of the photographer.

Ctenolepisma longicaudata (Zyg.: Lepismatidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Antrodiaetus (Ara. – Mygalomorpha  –  Antrodiaetidae)  Ian Cooper

Scylonotus sp.  (Diplopoda – Polydesmidae)  Ian Cooper

Dyslobus decoratus  (Col.: Curculionidae)  Ian Cooper

Limax maximus  (Pul.: Limacidae)  Ian Cooper

Pimoa altioculata  (Ara.: Pimoidae)  Ian Cooper

Pimoa altioculata  (Ara.: Pimoidae)  Ian Cooper

Pimoa altioculata  (Ara.: Pimoidae)  Ian Cooper