Shamrock spider:

They make a new web every day, the shamrock spider, (Araneus Trifolium). The web is usually high up so predators can’t see it and they can’t eat them. They can vary in colour depending on their habitat. They can blend into most habitats because of their colour and spots. They collect water and food on their web, so they must remake their web everyday so its fresh for their next meal.  

Wood lice:

When you touch the wood lice (Armadillidium vulgare) it curls into a ball to protect its organs from predators. It’s an ancient crustacean species that have adapted and it makes them difficult to eliminate them. The species is over 200 – 250 million years old, if they can survive the dinosaur extinction without a lot of physical changes then they can probably survive pretty much anything.  

 

The Impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) are an invasive plant to the lower mainland. The Impatiens native habitat is Africa. It can be moved by animals and people, it was first found in B.C. in 1983, it was moved by people because they thought it was an ornamental flower and the premature seeds sprouted off the flowers. The seed needs only bare soil to grow, they can be spread by humans and animals, the seeds are also buoyant so they can travel by water to cross lakes and rivers. It grows up to 8 ft and it shoots its seeds up to 7 meters away into new soil, they can also be moved by humans and animals. They cause bank erosion when all the other vegetation dies in the fall. Theres less space for native plants. There is more exotic insects that are also invasive.  If you weed them out of your garden, then you must dispose of the weeds properly and make sure you don’t leave any seeds left because they have an 80% germination rate. You can also use most pesticides to kill the plant at the root.