{"id":19257,"date":"2023-07-07T19:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19257"},"modified":"2023-07-07T19:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:26:32","slug":"2023-july-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19257","title":{"rendered":"2023 July 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 July 7<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy writes: Lots of dragonflies at Swan Lake, July 6 morning. A <strong>Blue-eyed Darner<\/strong> was hovering nicely . A <strong>Black Saddlebags<\/strong> was zooming around, but never at rest.\u00a0Still many <strong>Blue Dashers<\/strong>, and 1 <strong>Cardinal Meadowhawk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most abundant butterfly was the <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong> (7). \u00a0Three<strong> Western Tiger Swallowtails<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>2 Cabbage Whites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2W1A7727-31-Marie-Blue-eyed-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2W1A7727-31-Marie-Blue-eyed-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2W1A7727-31-Marie-Blue-eyed.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/>Blue-eyed Darner <em>Rhionaeschna multicolor\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo. Aeshnidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19253 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2W1A7739-22-Marie-Lorq-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2W1A7739-22-Marie-Lorq-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2W1A7739-22-Marie-Lorq.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral\u00a0 <em>Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen photographed a <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong> and a female <strong>Cabbage White<\/strong> in Metchosin.\u00a0 How did Jochen know it was a female?\u00a0 Two black spots on the forewing.\u00a0 The male has only one.\u00a0 Will someone photograph a male for us, please, so that we can see the difference?\u00a0\u00a0 We also need an adult male <em>Malacosoma disstria.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>And a <em>pallida <\/em>Essex Skipper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jochen-Lorq-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jochen-Lorq-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jochen-Lorq-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jochen-Lorq-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jochen-Lorq.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral\u00a0 <em>Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nJochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19255 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1740183-crop-Jochen-female-Cabbage-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1740183-crop-Jochen-female-Cabbage-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1740183-crop-Jochen-female-Cabbage-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1740183-crop-Jochen-female-Cabbage-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/P1740183-crop-Jochen-female-Cabbage.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>Female Cabbage White\u00a0 <em>Pieris rapae\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 July 7 \u00a0\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy writes: Lots of dragonflies at Swan Lake, July 6 morning. A Blue-eyed Darner was hovering nicely . A Black Saddlebags was zooming around, but never at rest.\u00a0Still many Blue Dashers, and 1 Cardinal Meadowhawk The most abundant butterfly was the Lorquin\u2019s Admiral (7). \u00a0Three Western Tiger Swallowtails,\u00a02 Cabbage Whites. 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