{"id":19540,"date":"2023-07-29T19:21:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19540"},"modified":"2023-07-29T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:21:04","slug":"2023-july-29-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19540","title":{"rendered":"2023 July 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 July 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>A selection of goodies from Aziza Cooper on Olympic Drive off Goldstream Heights, July 28.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identification of the beetles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Grey-Hairstreak-Olympic-Dr-1b-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Grey-Hairstreak-Olympic-Dr-1b-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Grey-Hairstreak-Olympic-Dr-1b.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/>Grey Hairstreak\u00a0 <em>Strymon\u00a0 melinus\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)<br \/>\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum comments: Many different larval foodplants have been recorded for this butterfly, although I have three times found caterpillars on Pearly Everlasting.\u00a0 But perhaps this butterfly was just nectaring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19528 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Mylitta-Cres-D-Olympic-Dr-2b-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Mylitta-Cres-D-Olympic-Dr-2b-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Mylitta-Cres-D-Olympic-Dr-2b.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/>Mylitta Crescent <em>Phyciodes mylitta\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19530 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Woodland-Skip-Olympic-Dr-2b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Woodland-Skip-Olympic-Dr-2b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Bfly-Woodland-Skip-Olympic-Dr-2b.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19531 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-1b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-1b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-1b.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Bee fly \u2013 perhaps <em>Hemipenthes <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Bombyliidae)<br \/>\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19532 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-2-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-2-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-2-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><em>Polistes aurifer <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19534 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insects-Olympic-Dr-4-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insects-Olympic-Dr-4-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insects-Olympic-Dr-4-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insects-Olympic-Dr-4-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insects-Olympic-Dr-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><em>Mordella <\/em>sp.\u00a0 (Col.: Mordellidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19533 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-3-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-3-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-3-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-3-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/E-Insect-Olympic-Dr-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><em>Xestoleptura crassipes <\/em>(Col.: Cerambycidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy visited McIntyre Reservoir yesterday, July 28.\u00a0 Although butterflies were limited to seven <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong>, dragonflies are unaffected by the absence of flowering Teasels, and Marie did rather better with them.\u00a0 She recorded a pair of <strong>Blue-eyed Darners <\/strong>(<em>in cop<\/em>.), seven <strong>Eight-spotted Skimmers <\/strong>and three <strong>Black Saddlebags.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Marie-Blue-eyeds-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Marie-Blue-eyeds-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Marie-Blue-eyeds.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/>Blue-eyed Darners <em>Rhionaeschna multicolor <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19526 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-skimmer-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-skimmer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/8-skimmer.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>Eight-spotted Skimmer <em>Libellula forensis <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19536 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Marie-saddle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Marie-saddle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Marie-saddle.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/>Black Saddlebags <em>Tramea lacerata\u00a0 <\/em>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 July 29 \u00a0\u00a0 A selection of goodies from Aziza Cooper on Olympic Drive off Goldstream Heights, July 28.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identification of the beetles. Grey Hairstreak\u00a0 Strymon\u00a0 melinus\u00a0 (Lep.: Lycaenidae) Aziza Cooper Jeremy Tatum comments: Many different larval foodplants have been recorded for this butterfly, although I have three times found [&hellip;]<\/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-19540","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\/19540","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=19540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19541,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19540\/revisions\/19541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}