{"id":21505,"date":"2024-05-10T20:49:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T03:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21505"},"modified":"2024-05-10T20:49:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T03:49:52","slug":"2024-may-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21505","title":{"rendered":"2024 May 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 May 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 On May 9 at Beechey Head, there were two butterflies, one <strong>Western Spring Azure <\/strong>and one<strong> Brown Elfin.\u00a0 <\/strong>There were six or more <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> at Panama Flats<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/H-Bfly-Spr-Azure-Beechey-Hd-1b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/H-Bfly-Spr-Azure-Beechey-Hd-1b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/H-Bfly-Spr-Azure-Beechey-Hd-1b.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/strong>Western Spring Azure <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-21500 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/H-Bfly-Brn-Elfin-Beechey-Hd-1b-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/H-Bfly-Brn-Elfin-Beechey-Hd-1b-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/H-Bfly-Brn-Elfin-Beechey-Hd-1b.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>Brown Elfin\u00a0 <em>Callophrys augustinus\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>[Previously on this site this butterfly has been known as Western Brown Elfin, or Western Elfin\u00a0 <em>Incisalia iroides.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza continues:\u00a0 Today, May 10, I saw two <strong>Western Spring Azures<\/strong> <em>in copula <\/em>at the Prospect Lake Road end of the powerlines. Also, there were two dragonflies and two Western Spring Azures near Pike Lake. At the roadside parking spot near Pike Lake, there was one grey and white moth,\u00a0the size of a Western Spring Azure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21502 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-mating-Prospect-Lk-Rd-1-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-mating-Prospect-Lk-Rd-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-mating-Prospect-Lk-Rd-1-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-mating-Prospect-Lk-Rd-1-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-mating-Prospect-Lk-Rd-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/>Western Spring Azures <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-21503 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-pr-Pike-Lk-1b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-pr-Pike-Lk-1b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Bfly-Spr-Azure-pr-Pike-Lk-1b.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>Western Spring Azures <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-21499 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Moth-greywht-Pike-Lk-1b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Moth-greywht-Pike-Lk-1b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Moth-greywht-Pike-Lk-1b.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><em>Lomographa semiclarata\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: \u00a0Geometridae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21506 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Dragonfly-Pike-Lk-2b-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Dragonfly-Pike-Lk-2b-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-Dragonfly-Pike-Lk-2b.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/> <\/em>Four-spotted Skimmer <em>Libellula quadrimaculata <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Barb McGrenere writes:\u00a0\u00a0 About 4:30 pm on May 9, Mike and I watched a fresh <strong>Pale Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong> at the top of Observatory Hill.\u00a0 It was flying around a grassy area surrounded by Garry Oaks, conifers, and Big Leaf Maple.\u00a0 It was present for about 20 minutes and did not land while we were watching it.\u00a0 When we left, it was still flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 May 10 \u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 On May 9 at Beechey Head, there were two butterflies, one Western Spring Azure and one Brown Elfin.\u00a0 There were six or more Cabbage Whites at Panama Flats. Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo\u00a0 (Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper Brown Elfin\u00a0 Callophrys augustinus\u00a0 (Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper [Previously on this [&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-21505","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\/21505","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=21505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21508,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21505\/revisions\/21508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}