Scott Gilmore

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Close up view of a wet rock showing two snails

Today I sat in a river all day looking for and counting an endangered snail called a Shortface Lanx. A great team and despite a couple of hours of finding nothing we eventually had success. With two more days of surveys I’m hoping we continue to have success.

Arthur Evans Beetles of Eastern/ Western North America. They are great

If I could pick… why a click beetle of course.

Some of those questions hit a little close to the bone!

Psychodidae…

The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan The Real Thing: The Natural History of Ian McTaggart Cowan: Penn, Briony: 9781771600705: Books - Amazon.ca

I’m not an ornithologist but I have a copy of a biography of Ian McTaggart Cowan on my shelf. And the tetrapod collection at UBC is named after him. www.amazon.ca/Real-Thing-N...

Thanks Stephen. DM sent and no rush from my end!

Does anyone have access to The Canadian Entomologist? I'm looking for Mank EW (1939b) Scotochroa and a closely allied new genus Scotochroides, (Coleoptera, Melandryidae). The Canadian Entomologist 71: 181–183.

I have a Scotochroa from an unexpected location I want to know more about.

Fly with a pointy face

Whole body pointy face fly

Late night fly confusion… what the hell is this? #Yukon Bioblitz calcareous bog oddities.

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A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs!

#Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist

Some sleeping bees on a foggy morning at the beach. Coelioxys up top and Ammophila below them.

#Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro

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A tan and white striped globular springtail on a white background

I just found Fasciosminthurus quinquefasciatus in my backyard. Oh so small!

Almost like best colour bear!

A field of red and light green sundew with a dragonfly stuck to multiple plants

The predator becomes the prey. Hudsonian Whiteface captured by a Great Sundew.

I was shocked when I opened my moth trap this morning as I did not know what this was. Turns out the Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor) was introduced to Vancouver. This is the first record I can find of it on Vancouver Island.

Derek I have noticed this as well

There has also been so much movement and habitat change that it would be challenging but still cool. The alpine to the sea is also a cool feature around here.

Quadra Island BC? That puts you in my neck of the woods. I hope you are enjoying our perfectly mild weather at the moment!

Does anyone have a pdf of Beal RS Jr. (1967) A revisionary study of the North American dermestid beetles formerly included in the genus Perimegatoma (Coleoptera). Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 5: 281–312.

Awesome! Congratulations

Awesome!

The origin story of the Okanagan Crayfish; and why scientists are worried about its future Eric Larson is the co-author of a new study that found a new species of Crayfish in Okanagan Lake. He warns that the new species is already at risk. He's an associate professor in the Department of Na...

A great radio interview with Eric Larson on the newly named Okanagan Crayfish

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Vibes can take you to interesting places!

Closeup of iridescent purple balls on a brown stick

Close up of slime mould on a brown stick

Close up of black slime mould on dry grass. One is crushed showing yellow spores

Closeup of a brown slime mould on dry grass

Some of the Nivicolous slime moulds my son and I found today.

No! I’ll have to take them the next time I head to the museum.

Three nearly identical green books with a red dragonfly on the cover. The background is a cork floor

Cleaning my office and found out I have the first three printings of @robcannings.bsky.social fantastic Introducing the Dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon. I remember picking up a spare copy… but I clearly did that twice!

A 6 of clubs held in a hand showing a photograph of a Calliope Hummingbird feeding at a flower. The card is labelled Rufous Hummingbird.

Ahh, sorry what?