{"id":21413,"date":"2024-05-03T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T05:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21413"},"modified":"2024-05-04T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T15:28:34","slug":"2024-may-3-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21413","title":{"rendered":"2024 May 3 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 May 3 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here are six invertebrate pictures taken very early this morning, May 03 2024, starting before dawn at Colquitz River Park and the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal. The bee picture was taken by the Selkirk Trestle on my way back, when the sun was up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21409 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bee-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bee-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bee-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bee-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bee.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><em>Bombus melanopygus <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21410 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bug-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bug-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bug-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bug-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bug.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/> Probably<em> Dicyphus discrepans <\/em>(Hem.: Miridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Euceratia-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Euceratia-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Euceratia-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Euceratia-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Euceratia-1536x1106.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Euceratia-2048x1475.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><em>Euceratia <\/em>sp.\u00a0 (Lep.: Ypsolophidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<br \/>\n<em>E. castella <\/em>\u00a0is the most abundant species here.\u00a0 <em>E. securella <\/em>is another possibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21412 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/slug-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/slug-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/slug-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/slug-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/slug.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><em>Limax maximus\u00a0 <\/em>(Pul.: Limacidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21405 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tetragn-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tetragn-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tetragn-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tetragn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tetragn-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/tetragn.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><em>Tetragnatha versicolor <\/em>(Ara.: Tetragnathidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 On Mount Douglas west slope today, May 3, I found <strong>6 Western Spring Azures, 3 Propertius Duskywings<\/strong> and two <strong>Sara Orangetips<\/strong>. At Gore Park, there were at least 6 <strong>Western Spring Azures.\u00a0 <\/strong>[This is the first report that Invert Alert has had of a Propertius Duskywing this year.]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21408 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Spr-Azure-f-D-Mt-Doug-1b-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Spr-Azure-f-D-Mt-Doug-1b-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Spr-Azure-f-D-Mt-Doug-1b.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/>Western Spring Azure \u00a0<em>Celastrina echo\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21407 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Sara-Orange-tip-1-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Sara-Orange-tip-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Sara-Orange-tip-1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Sara-Orange-tip-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Sara-Orange-tip-1.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/>Sara Orangetip <em>Anthocharis sara <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21406 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Prop-D-wing-Mt-Doug-1b-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Prop-D-wing-Mt-Doug-1b-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Bfly-Prop-D-wing-Mt-Doug-1b.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Propertius Duskywing <em>Erynnis propertius\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 May 3 evening Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here are six invertebrate pictures taken very early this morning, May 03 2024, starting before dawn at Colquitz River Park and the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal. The bee picture was taken by the Selkirk Trestle on my way back, when the sun was up. &nbsp; Bombus [&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-21413","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\/21413","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=21413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21416,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21413\/revisions\/21416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}