{"id":19983,"date":"2023-08-26T20:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T03:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19983"},"modified":"2023-08-27T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T03:56:33","slug":"2023-august-26-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19983","title":{"rendered":"2023 August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 August 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here\u2019s a selection of bees, wasps and a skipper photographed in recent weeks by Ian Cooper along the *Galloping Goose Trail in Saanich near Harriet Road and the #E&amp;N Trail in View Royal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19974 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Megachile-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Megachile-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Megachile-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Megachile.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>*Leafcutter bee\u00a0 <em>Megachile <\/em>sp. (Hym.: Megachilidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19975 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Paper-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Paper-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Paper-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Paper-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-Paper.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/>#European Paper Wasp <em>Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19973 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-hornet-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-hornet-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-hornet-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-hornet-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ian-hornet.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/>#Bald-faced Hornet <em>Dolichovespula maculata <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19977 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/skipper-1-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/skipper-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/skipper-1-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/skipper-1-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/skipper-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/>*Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/p>\n<p>More to come, pending identifications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Hoyle sends photographs of a female and of a pair of crab spiders <strong><em>Misumena vatia<\/em><\/strong>, View Royal, August 26.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19968 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crab-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crab-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crab-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crab-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crab.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>Female <em>Misumena vatia\u00a0 <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisidae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crabs-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crabs-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crabs-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crabs-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cheryl-crabs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>Female (L) and male (R) <em>Misumena vatia\u00a0 <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisidae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper sends photographs, from Island View Beach today, August 26) of a <strong>Grey Hairstreak <\/strong>ovipositing on Beach Knotweed <em>Polygonum paronychia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19970 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-Grey-H-streak-Is-V-View-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-Grey-H-streak-Is-V-View-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-Grey-H-streak-Is-V-View.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/>Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19971 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-Grey-H-streak-Is-View-Bch-1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-Grey-H-streak-Is-View-Bch-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-Grey-H-streak-Is-View-Bch-1.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/>Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 August 26 \u00a0\u00a0 Here\u2019s a selection of bees, wasps and a skipper photographed in recent weeks by Ian Cooper along the *Galloping Goose Trail in Saanich near Harriet Road and the #E&amp;N Trail in View Royal. *Leafcutter bee\u00a0 Megachile sp. (Hym.: Megachilidae) Ian Cooper #European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula (Hym.: Vespidae) Ian Cooper #Bald-faced [&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-19983","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\/19983","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=19983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20005,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19983\/revisions\/20005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}