{"id":10412,"date":"2020-04-19T10:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10412"},"modified":"2020-04-19T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T17:56:00","slug":"april-19-morning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10412","title":{"rendered":"April 19 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 April 19<\/strong>  <\/strong>morning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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   <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:  <\/strong>We start this morning with two spiders.  Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for the identifications.<\/p>\n

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  The first is from Jochen M\u00f6hr in Metchosin.  It has captured a geometrid moth, which I might be able to identify if I had the energy.  But I don’t have the energy!<\/p>\n

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Zebra spider Salticus scenicus <\/em>(Ara.: Salticidae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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   The second was photographed at Coles Bay, North Saanich, by Mr E:<\/p>\n

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Arctosa perita <\/em>(Ara.: Lycosidae)   Mr E<\/p>\n

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Arctosa perita<\/em>, a species of Mediterranean origin established here sometime in the last half of the 20th<\/sup> century.  Here are the BC locality data we have for this species:<\/p>\n

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Savary Is, Nanaimo (Richard Lk), Kludahk Trail (~13km NW Jordan R), Victoria area (Island View Beach), Vancouver area (Burnaby, Coquitlam, Iona Beach, Deas Is, Boundary Bay)<\/p>\n

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A<\/em>rctosa perita<\/em> is a very pretty spider. Relatively abundant in the dune area and other sandy spots at Island View Beach. They can be hard to spot—their coloration and patterning make them blend in very well with the sand.<\/p>\n

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   Yesterday Ron Flower photographed a dragonfly at Gore Park, Central Saanich.  Thanks to Dr Rob Cannings for identifying it as a female California Darner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Caifornia Darner Rhionaeschna californica<\/em> (Odo.: Aeschnidae)   Ron Flower<\/p>\n

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   Here’s a pug photographed in Metchosin yesterday by Jochen M\u00f6hr.   Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying it as Eupithecia rotundopuncta<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Eupithecia rotundopuncta <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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  <\/em><\/strong>Next is a mite, identified by Dr Heather Proctor as a predatory snout mite<\/strong> of the family Bdellidae<\/strong>, from Cole Bay, North Saanich:<\/p>\n

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Snout mite (Acari:  Bdellidae)  Mr E<\/p>\n

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  2020 April 19  morning      Jeremy Tatum writes:  We start this morning with two spiders.  Thanks to Dr Robb Bennett for the identifications.     The first is from Jochen M\u00f6hr in Metchosin.  It has captured a geometrid moth, which I might be able to identify if I had the energy.  But I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}