{"id":17681,"date":"2023-03-15T20:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T03:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=17681"},"modified":"2023-03-15T21:12:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T04:12:51","slug":"2023-march-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=17681","title":{"rendered":"2023 March 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>2023 March 15<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Butterfly!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Ron Flower reports a <b>Mourning Cloak <\/b>along the Pike Lake power line today.\u00a0 This is the second butterfly of the year reported to Invert Alert.\u00a0 The first was on February 21 \u2013 also a Mourning Cloak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\">Here are an earthworm and a snout mite photographed yesterday by Ian Cooper:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-32.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"412\" height=\"370\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">Common Earthworm\u00a0 <i>Lumbricus terrestris <\/i>(Hap.: Lumbricidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-33.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"446\" height=\"370\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">Snout mite\u00a0 (Acari: Bdellidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0 And another collection of invertebrates photographed last night by Ian Cooper in *Colquitz<br \/>\nRiver Park or along the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-34.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"430\" height=\"397\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">#Snout mite\u00a0 (Acari: Bdellidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-35.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"440\" height=\"279\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">#Snout mite\u00a0 (Acari: Bdellidae) with prey.\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-36.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"457\" height=\"293\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">*Common RoughWoodlouse \u2013 <i>Porcellio scaber<\/i> (Isopoda: Porcellionidae)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-37.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"466\" height=\"363\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">*Male (left) and female (right) linyphiid spiders\u00a0 (Ara.; Linyphiidae)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-38.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"469\" height=\"446\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">*Springtail <i>Orchesella cincta <\/i>(Coll.: Orchesellidae) \u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-39.png\" alt=\"image.png\" width=\"475\" height=\"388\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0cm; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt;\" align=\"center\">#Globose springtail, possibly <i>Ptenothrix <\/i>sp. 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