{"id":13632,"date":"2021-03-30T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T23:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=13632"},"modified":"2021-03-30T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T23:56:02","slug":"march-30-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=13632","title":{"rendered":"March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2021 March 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Val George saw his first butterfly of the year.&nbsp; It was a <strong>  California Tortoiseshell<\/strong> sunning itself on the Mount Tolmie reservoir.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 577px; 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=\"577\" originalheight=\"396\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"352.4880415944541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-174.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">California Tortoiseshell <em>Nymphalis californica  <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Val George<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Here are more fascinating night-time photographs by Ian Cooper from the Galloping Goose Trail and Colquitz River Park.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks to Charlene Wood for confirming Ian&#8217;s identification of the first two insects.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 530px; 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=\"530\" originalheight=\"404\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"391.4988679245283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-175.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nut Leaf Weevil <em>Strophosoma melanogrammum <\/em>  (Col.: Curculionidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 540px; 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=\"540\" originalheight=\"433\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"411.8311111111111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-176.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nut Leaf Weevil <em>Strophosoma melanogrammum <\/em>  (Col.: Curculionidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 537px; 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=\"537\" originalheight=\"404\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"386.395530726257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-177.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ground beetle larva (Col.: Carabidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 565px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"566\" originalheight=\"395\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"358.43109540636044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-178.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Millepede, possibly <em>Ophyiulus pilosus<\/em> (Diplopoda: Julidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 509px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"509\" originalheight=\"429\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-179.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lauria cylindracea<\/em> (Pul.: Lauriidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 497px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"497\" originalheight=\"402\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-180.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Possibly <em>Prophysaon <\/em>sp. (Pul.:&nbsp; Anadeniidae)&nbsp; Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 490px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"490\" originalheight=\"459\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-181.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>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 523px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"523\" originalheight=\"358\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"351.5655831739962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-182.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Female spider, <em>Neriene sp.<\/em> (Ara.: Linyphiidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 516px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"516\" originalheight=\"355\" width=\"513.6\" height=\"353.3488372093023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pastedImage-183.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Probably <em>Philodromus dispar<\/em> (Ara.: Philodromidae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 March 30 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Val George saw his first butterfly of the year.&nbsp; It was a California Tortoiseshell sunning itself on the Mount Tolmie reservoir. 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