{"id":2078,"date":"2016-04-13T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2016-10-13T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T17:34:59","slug":"april-13-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2078","title":{"rendered":"April 13 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2016 April 13,<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>morning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Some more wonderful pictures from the Highlands District from the last few days contributed by Thomas Barbin.\u00a0 First, a leafhopper bug – the Blue-green Sharpshooter <\/strong>Hordnia atropunctata<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hordnia atropunctata <\/em>(Hem.: Cicadellidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n

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Two images of a sawfly, probably Tenthredinidae, not only because this is the largest sawfly family, but because the other families usually have rather distinctive antennae. \u00a0 I am reminded that this site is perpetually in need of someone who can help with Hymenoptera identification, so, if that is you, please let us know!<\/p>\n

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Sawfly\u00a0 (Hym.:\u00a0 Tenthredinidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n

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Sawfly\u00a0 (Hym.:\u00a0 Tenthredinidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n

Now a close-up of a click beetle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Click beetle\u00a0 (Col.:\u00a0 Elateridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n

If you have strong nerves, proceed to the next photograph, rated PG:<\/p>\n

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Ant\u00a0 (Hym.:\u00a0 Formicidae – Formicinae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/p>\n

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If you managed to get past that one, prepare for the last two – jumping spiders<\/strong>.\u00a0 Robb Bennett suggest they may both possibly be Evarcha proszynskii<\/em><\/strong>, but he says that he can\u2019t be completely sure.<\/p>\n

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Jumping spider, possibly Evarcha proszynskii<\/em> (Ara.:\u00a0 Salticidae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n

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\"\"Jumping spider, possibly Evarcha proszynskii<\/em> (Ara.:\u00a0 Salticidae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n

Time for something a little more gentle, I think.\u00a0\u00a0 Here is a Moss\u2019s Elfin, photographed by Jeremy Gatten.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Moss\u2019s Elfin Incisalia mossii <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten.<\/div>\n

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And a caterpillar that Jeremy Tatum found on Snowberry at Swan Lake on April 12:<\/p>\n

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Euceratia securella <\/em>(Lep.: Plutellidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The moth below was on the wall of my Saanich apartment a week or so ago.\u00a0 Eric LaGasa suggests that it might be Agonopterix <\/em><\/strong>fusciterminella<\/em><\/strong>, though it would need dissection to confirm.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Possibly Agonopterix fusciterminella <\/em>(Lep.: Depressariidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

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The moth below, identified by Eric LaGasa as Argyrotaenia franciscana<\/em><\/strong>, from Blenkinsop Lake, was reared from Oemleria cerasiformis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Argyrotaenia franciscana <\/em>(Lep.: Tortricidae)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

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2016 April 13,\u00a0 morning \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Some more wonderful pictures from the Highlands District from the last few days contributed by Thomas Barbin.\u00a0 First, a leafhopper bug – the Blue-green Sharpshooter Hordnia atropunctata:     Hordnia atropunctata (Hem.: Cicadellidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin   Two images of a sawfly, probably Tenthredinidae, not only because this is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2078","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\/2078","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3366,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078\/revisions\/3366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}