{"id":20049,"date":"2023-08-29T20:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T03:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20049"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T20:38:29","slug":"2023-august-29-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20049","title":{"rendered":"2023 August 29 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 August 29 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Hoyle sends some photographs from Royal Roads, August 28.\u00a0 She starts off with some identification challenges.\u00a0\u00a0 The first is a cocoon, probably that formed by the caterpillar of an arctiine moth.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum makes a wild guess at probably <strong><em>Spilosoma virginica.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20046 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cocoon-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cocoon-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cocoon-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cocoon-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cocoon.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/strong>Probably <em>Spilosoma virginica <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p>An even bigger challenge was this dragonfly exuvia.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes that he didn\u2019t think any sort of identification was possible, other than possibly Family.\u00a0 No problem, however.\u00a0 Dr Rob Cannings identified it as <em>Ophiogomphus occidentis<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20048 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/exuv-2-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/exuv-2-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/exuv-2-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/exuv-2-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/exuv-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><em>Ophiogomphus occidentis\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Gomphidae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p>After these difficult challenges, it was a relief to see a relatively easy slug:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slug-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slug-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slug-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slug-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slug.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><em>Arion rufus <\/em>(Pul.: Arionidae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 August 29 evening Cheryl Hoyle sends some photographs from Royal Roads, August 28.\u00a0 She starts off with some identification challenges.\u00a0\u00a0 The first is a cocoon, probably that formed by the caterpillar of an arctiine moth.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum makes a wild guess at probably Spilosoma virginica. \u00a0 \u00a0Probably Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae)\u00a0 Cheryl 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