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Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle [Bird Watching HQ]

Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle Psyllobora vigintimaculata
This species is one of the smallest ladybugs in Washington. You can find the Twenty-spotted Ladybug on plants that are covered in mildew. They like to eat the mildew off the plants. Interestingly, they enjoy eating fungus rather than aphids, unlike most other ladybug species. Many times in spring, they will be on skunk cabbage plants or in shrubbery vegetation. Over winter, this ladybug gets together with others and forms small groups (aggregations) to hibernate under leaf litter.(Bird Watching HQ)

PSE withdraws plans for Tacoma shoreline permit revision
The City of Tacoma has announced that Puget Sound Energy had requested to withdraw its shoreline permit revision and cancel the associated building permit “for modifications to the TOTE fueling dock.” It added that the city “has no pending development permits for the PSE LNG site at this time. Work that was authorized under the original shoreline permit must be completed by May 2024.” Debbie Cockrell reports. (Tacoma News Tribune)

Island mill fined $25K for dumping highly toxic waste into ocean
Paper Excellence's Crofton mill has been slapped with a $25,500 penalty for releasing more than one million litres of toxic waste into the Salish Sea. Stefan Labbé reports. (Times Colonist)

Can fake trees save real bats? Biologists get creative as B.C.’s old-growth forests vanish
The endangered northern myotis bat needs all the help it can get, as its habitat shrinks and a deadly fungal disease looms. In the province’s heavily logged inland temperate rainforest, artificial old-growth trees could provide shelter — for now. Sarah Cox reports. (The Narwhal)

RCMP officers mocked people being arrested at Wet'suwet'en blockade as 'orcs' and 'ogre'
RCMP officers referred to First Nations pipeline opponents as "orcs" and "ogre" during a police raid at a blockade of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction in November 2021, according to audio recordings played in court Wednesday. Jackie McKay reports.(CBC)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  219 AM PST Thu Jan 18 2024    
GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING    
TODAY  E wind 20 to 30 kt rising to 25 to 35 kt in the  afternoon. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft with a dominant period of  11 seconds. Rain.  
TONIGHT  E wind 30 to 40 kt easing to 25 to 35 kt after  midnight. Combined seas 4 to 7 ft with a dominant period of  10 seconds. Rain.

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