{"id":14227,"date":"2021-06-16T13:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=14227"},"modified":"2021-07-11T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T23:32:06","slug":"june-16-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=14227","title":{"rendered":"June 16 afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2021 June 16 afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here\u2019s a varied selection of insects that came in during the last few days while Invert Alert has been having computer problems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<strong> fly<\/strong> caught in mid-hover at 1\/3000 second by Gordon Hart.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes that in the original version of this posting, he had wrongly identified it as a probable <em>Eristalis <\/em>(Syrphidae).\u00a0\u00a0 We are grateful to Claudia Copley for pointing out that it is actually a tabanid of the genus <em><strong>Hybomitra<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Coincidentally, Jeremy Tatum saw a similar one in Goldstream Park on July 11.\u00a0 It was remarkable how accurately it hovered every bit as well as a syrphid.\u00a0 The Syrphidae include the attractive flower flies and hover flies (and a few less attractive ones such as the Narcissus Bulb Fly).\u00a0\u00a0 The Tabanidae include horse flies and other very painful biting flies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/eeed6828.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hybomitra <\/em>sp.\u00a0 (Dip.: Tabanidae) Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Cardinal Meadowhawk<\/strong> in characteristic pose at Panama Flats:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/4d3b558a.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cardinal Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum illotum\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A male <strong>Purplish Copper <\/strong>\u00a0at Goldstream River, May 29, photographed by Ron Flower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dbba85ba.png\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Male Purplish Copper <em>Lycaena helloides <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first reported <strong>Essex Skipper<\/strong> of the season, seen by Val George at Cowichan Bay, June 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/60430cc5.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Essex Skipper <em>Thymelicus lineola <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <strong>long-horned beetle <\/strong>seen on Yarrow by Leah Ramsay.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to Scott Gilmore for the identification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2fc85368.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Toxoleptura vexatrix <\/em>(Col.:\u00a0 Cerambycidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Leah Ramsay<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <strong>hawk moth<\/strong> that we don\u2019t often see, photographed by Jochen M\u00f6hr in Metchosin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/0c0771d5.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Paonias excaecata <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 June 16 afternoon \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Here\u2019s a varied selection of insects that came in during the last few days while Invert Alert has been having computer problems. &nbsp; 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