{"id":18768,"date":"2023-06-07T18:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T01:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18768"},"modified":"2023-06-07T18:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T01:26:25","slug":"2023-june-7-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18768","title":{"rendered":"2023 June 7 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 June 7 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>This will come as a surprise to many butterfly watchers.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a photograph of a female <strong>Silvery Blue <\/strong>nectaring on Great Camas, photographed on May 14 by Steven Roias at Swan Lake:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18767 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-1-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-1-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-1.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/>Female Silvery Blue <em>Glaucopsyche lygdamus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Steven Roias<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-2-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-2-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-2-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-2-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Silvery-Blue-2.jpg 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/>Female Silvery Blue <em>Glaucopsyche lygdamus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Steven Roias<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s a <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral <\/strong>photographed on June 7 on Mount Tolmie by Marie O&#8217;Shaughnessy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Marie-Lorq-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Marie-Lorq-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Marie-Lorq.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral <em>Limenitis lorquini\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>Next is one first instar caterpillar from a large group of <strong>Mourning Cloak <\/strong>caterpillars found by Jeremy Tatum on Aspen at Cattle Point, June 7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18764 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/M-Cloak-L1-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/M-Cloak-L1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/M-Cloak-L1-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/M-Cloak-L1-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/M-Cloak-L1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/>Mourning Cloak\u00a0 <em>Nymphalis antiopa\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nJeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr writes from Metchosin:\u00a0 The enjoyable relative abundance of showy butterflies continues.\u00a0 Today several only in flight: One <strong>Mourning Cloak<\/strong>, several <strong><em>P. zelicaon<\/em><\/strong>, several <strong><em>P.<\/em> <em>eurymedon\/rutulus<\/em><\/strong>, and one <strong>Red Admiral<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Incidentally, the first I ever got a picture of despite their being quite frequent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18766 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Red-Admiral-P1730268-crop-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Red-Admiral-P1730268-crop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Red-Admiral-P1730268-crop-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Red-Admiral-P1730268-crop-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Red-Admiral-P1730268-crop.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/>Red Admiral <em>Vanessa atalanta\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.:\u00a0 Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, for those who are interested, the trails through the wooded parts of Swan Lake are very rich with numerous <strong>culicids<\/strong> at the moment.\u00a0 Aziza Cooper and Jeremy Tatum fled.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For those who may not be sure what a culicid is, Google \u201cCulicidae\u201d before you rush off to Swan Lake to see them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 June 7 evening \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This will come as a surprise to many butterfly watchers.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a photograph of a female Silvery Blue nectaring on Great Camas, photographed on May 14 by Steven Roias at Swan Lake: Female Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Steven Roias Female Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Steven Roias 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