Victoria Natural
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The Victoria Natural History Society (VNHS) formed in 1944 and currently has about 750 members. We are a volunteer-run organization. Members have developed their interest in nature in a wide variety of ways—some are professional biologists, others are students, most are amateur or volunteer naturalists. VNHS provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world to come together to share their ideas and experiences.
The Victoria Natural History Society offers many field trips and presentations each month for its members. Note that while evening presentations are open to the public, field trips are designed for members. Guests may join for up to three trips, after which they are expected to join the Society. If you like what you see, please support VNHS by becoming a member and/or making a donation.
The primary objectives of the Society are:
  • To stimulate active interest in natural history
  • To study and protect flora and fauna and their habitats
  • To work with other societies and like bodies having interests in common with this Society.

LATEST POSTS IN INVERTEBRATE ALERT

2024 December 13

   Jeremy Tatum found this bug in his bedroom this morning.

Halyomorpha halys  (Hem.: Pentatomidae)  Jeremy Tatum

 

Ian Cooper writes:  Here are several photos from this morning’s photoshoot (December 13, 2024), in *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.   (The slug was photographed on December 11.)

* Garden Slug  Arion hortensis (Pul.: Arionidae)  Ian Cooper

* Camel cricket Pristoceuthophilus celatus (Orth.: Rhaphidophoridae)  Ian Cooper

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2024 December 12

No Invertebrate Alert was issued on December 11.

Here is another selection of invertebrates photographed by Ian Cooper recently at Colquitz River Park and the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.

 

Giant House Spider  Eratigena duellica (Ara: Agelenidae)   Ian Cooper

 

 

Possibly Cybaeus sp. (Ara.: Cybaeidae)    Ian Cooper

 

Bark Louse  Pteroxanium kelloggi ( Psoc.: Lepidopsocidae )   Ian Cooper

European Winter Moth Operophtera brumata  (Lep.: Geometridae)   Ian Cooper

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