{"id":1182,"date":"2015-04-21T23:17:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T06:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:08","slug":"april-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1182","title":{"rendered":"April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 April 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; Here is a rather large ant from the carport of my Saanich apartment this morning.&nbsp; The lines on the piece of card to the left of the photograph are 1 cm apart.&nbsp; This is a species of <strong>Carpenter Ant<\/strong> of the genus <strong><em>Camponotus<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"944\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Camponotus.JPG\" height=\"463.1893333333333\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5536da771db9e.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">Carpenter Ant&nbsp; <em>Camponotus <\/em>sp. (Hym.: Formicidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang sends a photograph of two <strong>crane flies <\/strong><em>in copulo<\/em> from Gorge Park, April 20.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"640\" originalwidth=\"617\" name=\"\" title=\"Tipula.jpg\" height=\"610.7487844408428\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5536da771ee61.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Crane flies <em>Tipula <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Tipulidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Val George writes:&nbsp; Yesterday, April 20, I did a butterfly count on Mount Douglas for the April survey.&nbsp; Conditions were ideal for these insects to fly.&nbsp; My count was<strong>:&nbsp; 9 Spring Azures, 6 Sara Orangetips, 5 Propertius Duskywings, 4 Painted Lady,  2 California Tortoiseshells, 1 Cabbage White, 1 Satyr Comma.&nbsp;<\/strong> I&#8217;ve attached photos of one of the <strong>Painted Ladies<\/strong> and one of the <strong>California Tortoiseshells<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"801\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Painted Lady 1.jpg\" height=\"393.024\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5536da771f256.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">Painted Lady <em>Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Val George<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"802\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"California Tortoiseshell 2.jpg\" height=\"393.51466666666664\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5536da7720b8c.jpeg\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">California Tortoiseshell <em>Nymphalis californica <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Val George<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Nathan Fisk reports from Fort Rodd, April 20:&nbsp; <strong>Mourning Cloak, Red Admiral, Grey<\/strong> <strong>Hairstreak&#8206;<\/strong> all sunning in the learning meadow. Many <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> and <strong>Western Spring Azures <\/strong>flitting about too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang photographed a hoverfly at The Gorge on April 17.&nbsp;&nbsp; Syrphid expert Dr Jeff Skevington tells me that at present it is not usually possible to identify most syrphids from photographs, though he believes Annie&#8217;s is either <em>Syrphus<\/em> or <em>Eupeodes<\/em>, probably the latter.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are attractive flies to photograph, so keep &#8216;em coming, even if we can&#8217;t always find an identification.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"569\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"syrphid.jpg\" height=\"523.4799999999999\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image5536da7721a76.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hover fly <em>Syrphus <\/em>sp.&nbsp; or&nbsp; <em>Eupeodes <\/em> sp. 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