Ditto Vancouver Island!

Yup, I bought a battered copy of book 2 of Pamela Dean's Secret Country trilogy, it took me years to track down the other two! Well worth it though☺️, and what a satisfying quest through used bookstores in every city I visited.

The spider has removed the old tangled webbing, moved the eggsacs beneath the leaf, and crafted them a little sling that holds them off the bottom of the container. Now she has departed to build a hunting web - I wonder if she will move the eggsacs to it? Since she clearly can move them around!

I had to move a spider and her eggs so I could finish powerwashing algae off my greenhouse. I was worried she'd abandon her eggsacs! I gave her a leaf to hide under. She lurked at first, but after lunch she was out grooming the eggsacs🥹, isn't she pretty? Third photo in comments.
#inverts #spiders

Outstanding thread! What a wild story.

"...they watched in astonishment a brown wormlike creature greedily munching through green clumps of algae as if more than 130 years hadn’t passed since its last meal. Equally oblivious, a host of life – water fleas, worms, plankton – danced and spun around it."
#invertebrates #hope

Rats! I'm on Vancouver Island. *wistfully hopes it's a travelling display*
It's a great photo, good on your sister for bringing you to such creative fun!😊

Um, where is this nudibranch ride/artwork located? And does it have a sister Tardigrade ride...

I'm very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing this story; as you say, many don't realise asthma is life threatening and that rescue meds are crucial.

I love the lithe motion and the speckles, and the seaweed is beautifully drawn!

Yeah this annoys me also. Especially when there's a massive row of hair products using the same technology 10 steps away in the pharmacy, but no guilt being leveraged there!

The entire sky glowed with puffs of cloud this morning as the sun rose. It was very cheerful!
#clouds #SalishSea

Aaaa they're like a hoverfly wearing giant Audrey Hepburn glasses, then getting stretched out in an interdimensional rift! Those super-antennae are *fantastic*, I love them!!! Golly weirdo insects are the bee's knees💚

Whoa!!! It has the same horns as the antlion larva but with a velvety green suit! Great photos😀
*scrabbles to look up adult owlfly*

Late night crispy hot fried perogies with basalmic-vinegar salad dressing dumped over them.

I'm so delighted these data will be openly shared, it is how I always imagined Canadian gov't funded science worked, but so often what the scientists hope to share with the public and fellow scientists is stifled by various government policies. I hope this UVic/ONC/NRC collaboration sets an example🙂

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Yay! Thank you for getting me off the fence, it sounds wonderful! and looking forward to Auk family eyebrows in any form, no matter how distantly glimpsed, will brighten up the winter's dim days🦦

"The expedition, led by Natural Resources Canada scientist Dr. Thomas James, focused on three research areas: oceanography, geoscience and contaminants. It studied how melting Antarctic glaciers influence ocean chemistry, marine ecosystems and sea-level rise."
#ClimateChange #CollaborativeScience

2, and please tell us the correct answer tomorrow? the photo is great, like a marine lantern-festival decoration.

WHOA!!! great lil finds

Hurrah! Beyond your control! The best kind of ferry-related debacle🌞

Ah, that's so NEAT! I had debated signing up for August or October to see them, and then talked myself out of it. I love their eyebrows! Next year I will sign up🙂
And of course, you got to see the amazing non-bird sights as well! It sounds like a fantastic day!!!

My mum's Livin' Easy rose giving blooming a final kick at the can for the season. No mildew, and the resident deer haven't even nibbled it even though they defoliated its neighbour!
#roses #autumn #SalishSea