{"id":12382,"date":"2020-09-29T16:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=12382"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T23:36:24","slug":"september-29-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=12382","title":{"rendered":"September 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 September 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Ian Cooper sends photographs of a <strong>millipede<\/strong> from the Galloping Goose Trail, September 27.&nbsp; We don&#8217;t know a great deal about millipedes, but Ian&#8217;s suggestion for the Family of his animal looks about right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"580\" originalheight=\"355\" width=\"512.8\" height=\"313.86896551724135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-160.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Flat-backed millipede<em> <\/em>(Polydesmida: probably Eurymerodesmidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"472\" originalheight=\"387\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-161.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Flat-backed millipede<em> <\/em>(Polydesmida: probably Eurymerodesmidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ian sends a photograph of a pair of flies (probably crane flies, Tipulidae)  <em>in copula<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp; We don&#8217;t yet know the species, but we&#8217;re working on it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"535\" originalheight=\"408\" width=\"512.8\" height=\"391.06990654205606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-162.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Probably Tipulidae&nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; And a syrphid, kindly identified for us by Dr Jeff Skevington as a species of  <strong><em>Cheilosa<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"465\" originalheight=\"390\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-163.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cheilosa <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"458\" originalheight=\"358\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-164.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cheilosa <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"465\" originalheight=\"360\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-165.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cheilosa <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"467\" originalheight=\"390\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-166.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cheilosa <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; And another miscellany of invertebrates to enjoy:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"539\" originalheight=\"414\" width=\"512.8\" height=\"393.87606679035247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-167.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Two <em>Scaphinotus angusticollis <\/em>in copula (Col.: Carabidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"501\" originalheight=\"408\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-168.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Scaphinotus angusticollis <\/em>(Col.: Carabidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/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=\"530\" originalheight=\"345\" width=\"512.8\" height=\"333.8037735849056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-169.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Arion rufus <\/em>(Pul.: Arionidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"504\" originalheight=\"386\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-170.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ariolimax columbianus <\/em>(Pul.: Arionidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr&#8217;s moths from Metchosin this morning:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Drepanulatrix <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp<\/strong><strong><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3 Dryotype opina <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Ennomos magnaria&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Lithomoia germana&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Pleromelloida cinerea<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Tetracis <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp<\/strong><strong><em>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"468\" width=\"512.8\" height=\"384.59999999999997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-171.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tetracis <\/em>(<em>pallulata\/jubararia <\/em>?) (Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>plus one more from yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"319\" width=\"512.8\" height=\"262.1525641025641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pastedImage-172.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Triphosa haesitata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 September 29 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Cooper sends photographs of a millipede from the Galloping Goose Trail, September 27.&nbsp; We don&#8217;t know a great deal about millipedes, but Ian&#8217;s suggestion for the Family of his animal looks about right. &nbsp; Flat-backed millipede (Polydesmida: probably Eurymerodesmidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Cooper &nbsp; Flat-backed millipede (Polydesmida: probably Eurymerodesmidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Ian Cooper [&hellip;]<\/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-12382","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\/12382","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=12382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}