{"id":12006,"date":"2020-08-23T11:02:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T18:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=12006"},"modified":"2020-08-23T11:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T18:06:27","slug":"august-22-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=12006","title":{"rendered":"August 22 afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 August 22 afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Rosemary Jorna photographed this fly near Kemp Lake, August 21.&nbsp; Identified for us by Dr Jeff Skevington.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 552px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"552\" originalheight=\"401\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-189.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Meliscaeva cinctella <\/em>(Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 581px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"581\" originalheight=\"448\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-190.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Meliscaeva cinctella <\/em>(Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr reports that after a gap of two days,&nbsp; the <strong>Pine Whites<\/strong> are out in full force &#8211; he saw eight as soon as he stepped out on to his balcony in Metchosin, as well as four  <strong>Woodland Skippers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp; <\/strong>Ian Cooper sends photographs of a <strong>Woodland Skipper<\/strong> and a  <strong>spittle bug:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 516px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"516\" originalheight=\"493\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-191.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 325px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"325\" originalheight=\"247\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-192.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Spittle Bug&nbsp; <em>Philaenus spumarius <\/em>(Hem,: Cercopidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 August 22 afternoon &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna photographed this fly near Kemp Lake, August 21.&nbsp; Identified for us by Dr Jeff Skevington. 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