{"id":21235,"date":"2024-04-12T18:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T01:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21235"},"modified":"2024-04-13T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T16:06:17","slug":"2024-april-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21235","title":{"rendered":"2024 April 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 April 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I spent about 90 minutes today searching the Hydro lines in the Munn Road area for Moss\u2019s Elfin, but the only butterfly I saw was a single <strong>Western Spring Azure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>However, if butterflies are still scarce, there are lots of other invertebrates around, as shown by Ian Cooper below, photographed at *Colquitz River Park and by the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21229 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02851c-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02851c-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02851c-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02851c-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02851c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/>*Believed to be <em>Steatoda bipunctata<\/em> (Ara.: Theridiidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<br \/>\nSee Dr Bennett&#8217;s comments on April 11 morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21234 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02950c-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02950c-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02950c-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02950c-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02950c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>#Banana Slug &#8211; <em>Ariolimax columbianus<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Arionidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21233 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02917c-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02917c-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02917c-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02917c-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02917c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/>#<em>Arion <\/em>sp.\u00a0(Pul.: Arionidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02854c-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02854c-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02854c-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02854c-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02854c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/>*Grey Field Slug &#8211; <em>Deroceras reticulatum<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Agriolimacidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21231 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02861c-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02861c-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02861c-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02861c-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02861c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>*Common striped woodlouse &#8211; <em>Philoscia muscorum<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Oniscidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21232 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02886cs-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02886cs-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02886cs-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02886cs-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC02886cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/strong>Unidentified noctuid caterpillar \u00a0(Lep.: Noctuidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 April 12 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I spent about 90 minutes today searching the Hydro lines in the Munn Road area for Moss\u2019s Elfin, but the only butterfly I saw was a single Western Spring Azure. \u00a0 However, if butterflies are still scarce, there are lots of other invertebrates around, as shown by Ian Cooper [&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-21235","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\/21235","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=21235"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21241,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21235\/revisions\/21241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}