{"id":20999,"date":"2024-03-19T20:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T03:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20999"},"modified":"2024-03-19T20:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T03:44:27","slug":"2024-march-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20999","title":{"rendered":"2024 March 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 March 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spring starts at 10:06 pm PDT this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Aziza photographed this <strong>Mourning Cloak <\/strong>on the Mount Tolmie reservoir on March 18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/C-Bfly-M-Cloak-Mt-Tolmie-1b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/C-Bfly-M-Cloak-Mt-Tolmie-1b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/C-Bfly-M-Cloak-Mt-Tolmie-1b.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>Mourning Cloak\u00a0 <em>Nymphalis antiopa <\/em>(Lep. Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza writes:\u00a0 Today, March 19, I saw three <strong>Mourning Cloaks<\/strong> &#8211; one along the Colquitz Creek path near Marigold Street, one flushed from Conway Road near Interurban Road, and one at the Beaver Lake Riding Ring trails (photograph of this one below).\u00a0 Two <strong>California Tortoiseshells<\/strong> were still on the Mount Tolmie reservoir at 5:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20992 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/D-Bfly-M-Cloak-Beaver-Lk-1b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/D-Bfly-M-Cloak-Beaver-Lk-1b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/D-Bfly-M-Cloak-Beaver-Lk-1b.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>Mourning Cloak\u00a0 <em>Nymphalis antiopa <\/em>(Lep. Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are more of Ian Cooper\u2019s photographs from this morning at *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01738c-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01738c-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01738c-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01738c-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01738c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><br \/>\n* Young <em>Limax maximus<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Limacidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01774cs-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01774cs-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01774cs-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01774cs-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01774cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/sub>* Adult <em>Limax maximus<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Limacidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01807ccs-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01807ccs-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01807ccs-1024x887.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01807ccs-768x665.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01807ccs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/sub># <em>Eratigena <\/em>(probably<em> duellica<\/em>) \u00a0(Ara: Agelenidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01802csmc-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01802csmc-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01802csmc-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01802csmc-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01802csmc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/sub># Linyphiid spider, probably <em>Neriene <\/em>sp. (Ara.: Linyphiidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01783ccs-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01783ccs-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01783ccs-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01783ccs-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01783ccs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/sub>*Cross Orb-weaver <em>Araneus diadematus<\/em>\u00a0 (Ara.: Araneidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20996 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01784cc-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01784cc-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01784cc-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01784cc-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DSC01784cc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/sub>* European Sowbug \u00a0<em>Oniscus asellus<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Oniscidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 March 19 Spring starts at 10:06 pm PDT this evening. Aziza photographed this Mourning Cloak on the Mount Tolmie reservoir on March 18. Mourning Cloak\u00a0 Nymphalis antiopa (Lep. Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper \u00a0\u00a0 Aziza writes:\u00a0 Today, March 19, I saw three Mourning Cloaks &#8211; one along the Colquitz Creek path near Marigold Street, one flushed [&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-20999","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\/20999","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=20999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21000,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20999\/revisions\/21000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}