{"id":19585,"date":"2023-08-03T21:17:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T04:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19585"},"modified":"2023-08-03T21:17:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T04:17:23","slug":"2023-august-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19585","title":{"rendered":"2023 August 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 August 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy photographed a number of exuviae (cast skins) of emerging dragonflies and damselflies in the Cowichan Valley on August 1.\u00a0 Accurate identification of exuviae from photographs is a bit of a challenge, but Dr Rob Cannings suggests that the damselflies are probably <em>Enallagma<\/em> <em>annexum <\/em>or <em>boreale<\/em>, and the dragonfly is probably <em>Rhionaeschna multicolor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19584 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-5-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-5-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-5.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/em><em>Enallagma annexum<\/em>\/<em>boreale\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19583 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-4-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-4-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>Probably<em> Enallagma annexum<\/em>\/<em>boreale\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19581 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-2-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-2-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-2.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/>Probably <em>Enallagma annexum<\/em>\/<em>boreale\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-1.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/>Probably<em> Enallagma annexum<\/em>\/<em>boreale\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19582 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-3-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-3-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>Probably <em>Rhionaeschna multicolor\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Hoyle photographed this <strong>Shadow Darner <\/strong>at Esquimalt Lagoon, August 2:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19579 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_1466-2-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_1466-2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_1466-2-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_1466-2-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_1466-2-1536x1142.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_1466-2-2048x1523.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/>Shadow Darner <em>Aeshna umbrosa <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum writes: There were one <strong>Painted Lady <\/strong>\u00a0and one <strong>Red Admiral<\/strong> on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:30 today, August 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 August 3 \u00a0\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy photographed a number of exuviae (cast skins) of emerging dragonflies and damselflies in the Cowichan Valley on August 1.\u00a0 Accurate identification of exuviae from photographs is a bit of a challenge, but Dr Rob Cannings suggests that the damselflies are probably Enallagma annexum or boreale, and the dragonfly is 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