{"id":10898,"date":"2020-05-26T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T23:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10898"},"modified":"2020-05-26T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T23:17:43","slug":"may-26-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10898","title":{"rendered":"May 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 May 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Cheryl Haedy writes:&nbsp; I don&#8217;t know if you are still looking for interesting insect findings [Yes, indeed, we are!&nbsp; Thank you!&nbsp; JT], but my son found a cool beetle on May 24 when we were walking around Richard&#8217;s Marsh, just south of Nanaimo.&nbsp;   I&#8217;ve attached a couple of&nbsp;photos.&nbsp; We thought&nbsp;it was a <strong>Rugose Stag Beetle.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes: &nbsp;We thank Scott Gilmore for confirming that that&#8217;s exactly what it is!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"424\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-191.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rugose Stag Beetle <em>Sinodendron rugosum<\/em><em>&nbsp;  <\/em>(Col.: Lucanidae)&nbsp; Cheryl Heady<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"468\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-192.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rugose Stag Beetle <em>Sinodendron rugosum<\/em><em>&nbsp;  <\/em>(Col.: Lucanidae)&nbsp; Cheryl Heady<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum found the beetle below in Goldstream Park today:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"552\" originalheight=\"439\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-193.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Plectrura spinicauda <\/em>(Col.: Cerambycidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen&#8217;s moths from Metchosin this morning:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Eupithecia <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp<\/strong><strong><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>6 Tyria jacobaeae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Venusia obsoleta\/pearsalli&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Lacinipolia <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Chionodes mediofuscella <\/em><\/strong>(identified by Libby Avis)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 350px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"350\" originalheight=\"486\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-194.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lacinipolia <\/em>sp. 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