{"id":18713,"date":"2023-06-05T08:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18713"},"modified":"2023-09-14T21:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T04:44:59","slug":"2023-june-5-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18713","title":{"rendered":"2023 June 5 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

2023 June 5 morning
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\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>We open this morning\u2019s posting with the successful identification by Dr Rob Cannings and Bill Savale of what we regard as rather obscure organisms, which we initially thought no one could possibly identify!\u00a0 First is a Pacific Forktail <\/strong>damselfly bearing some small objects on its underside, photographed by Gordon Hart\u00a0 in the Highlands on June 4.\u00a0 Dr Cannings writes:<\/p>\n

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These are the sessile larvae of aquatic mites (adults are free-living in the water) in the genus Arrenurus<\/em>. They are common on the adults of many Odonata species. See \u00a0Hydrachnidia – Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0 and 300.pdf (indiabiodiversity.org)<\/a><\/p>\n

This mite genus also attacks other insects with aquatic stages in their life cycles, such as mosquitoes, chironomids, aquatic Hemiptera, and so on.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Arrenurus <\/em>sp. (Acari:\u00a0 Hydrachnidia)
\non Ischnura cervula <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
\nGordon Hart<\/p>\n

The other obscure organism was some galls found on the leaves of Sasaktoonberry Amelanchier alnifolia<\/em> by Aziza Cooper.\u00a0 These were identified by Billl Savale as galls formed by the gall midge Blaesodiplosis <\/em><\/strong>sp.<\/p>\n

\"\"Galls on Amelanchier<\/em> formed by Blaesodiplosis <\/em>sp.
\n(Dip.: Cecidomyidae)
\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, June 4, the Victoria NHS held its Monthly Butterfly Walk led by Gordon Hart.\u00a0 Aziza Cooper reports:<\/p>\n

Seven people found a total of nine species:<\/p>\n

On Mt Tolmie reservoir, 1 pm:
\n<\/u>Western Tiger Swallowtail – 1
\n<\/strong>Pale Tiger Swallowtail -3
\n<\/strong>Anise Swallowtail – 1
\n<\/strong>Lorquin’s Admiral – 1
\nCa<\/strong>bbage White – 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Mcintyre Reservoir:
\n<\/u>Cabbage White – 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Island View Beach:
\n<\/u>Common (Vancouver Island) Ringlet – 2
\n<\/strong>Pale Tiger Swallowtail – 1
\n<\/strong>Lorquin’s Admiral – 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Mt. Tolmie at 4 pm:
\n<\/u>Red Admiral – 1
\n<\/strong>West Coast Lady – 1
\n<\/strong>Painted Lady – 2
\n<\/strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail – 2
\n<\/strong>Cabbage White \u2013 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here are a few photographs obtained during the Walk.\u00a0 We may be able to post a few more later.<\/p>\n

\"\"Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)
\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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\"\"West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)
\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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\"\"Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)
\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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\"\"Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)
\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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\"\"Cardinal Meadowhawk\u00a0 Sympetrum illotum\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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2023 June 5 morning \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We open this morning\u2019s posting with the successful identification by Dr Rob Cannings and Bill Savale of what we regard as rather obscure organisms, which we initially thought no one could possibly identify!\u00a0 First is a Pacific Forktail damselfly bearing some small objects on its underside, photographed by Gordon Hart\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18713","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\/18713","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20197,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18713\/revisions\/20197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}