The Rubber Boa I wrote about yesterday was just the icing on the cake of my recent trip to Naramata.
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Here is a large mayfly by the shores of Lake Okanagan.
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The owner’s friendly dog at the Village Motel.
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My first sighting of a very elegant myrmicine, Manica invidia
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One of the coolest wineries in BC!
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With the namesake!
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This is probably BC’s smallest ant, Solenopsis molesta.
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This gives an idea how tiny these ants are!
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Another elegant myrmicine, Aphaenogaster occidentalis.
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Framed spider art on a fence in town.
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A large tenebrionid in a defensive posture.
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A Cooper’s Hawk with some prey.