{"id":21572,"date":"2024-05-15T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21572"},"modified":"2024-05-15T19:11:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:11:01","slug":"2024-may-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21572","title":{"rendered":"2024 May 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 May 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum reports two <strong>Painted Ladies<\/strong> on the top of Mount Douglas, and one <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail <\/strong>on the top of Mount Tolmie this afternoon.\u00a0 He writes that he is still not seeing a lot of butterflies.\u00a0 \u201cI have still not yet seen a comma this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More middle-of-the-night invertebrates from Ian Cooper.\u00a0 Dr Bennett writes of the spider in the first photograph below:\u00a0 That&#8217;s a male philodromid crab spider. Probably <em>Philodromus rufus<\/em> but I will be conservative and stick with <em>Philodromus<\/em> sp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3782-brown-spider-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3782-brown-spider-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3782-brown-spider-947x1024.jpg 947w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3782-brown-spider-768x830.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3782-brown-spider.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/>Male <em>Philodromus <\/em>sp. (maybe <em>rufus<\/em>)\u00a0 (Ara.: Philodromidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ian writes of the next one:\u00a0 Unidentified spider who resides in a hole in the bark of a conifer by the GG trail\u00a0(possibly <em>Cybaeus <\/em>sp<em>. <\/em>(Ara.: Cybaeidae)<em>, <\/em>or <em>Callobius <\/em>sp.\u00a0(Ara.: Amaurobiidae) with a captured Theridiidae sp. (cobweb weaver).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21566 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3866-hiding-spider-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3866-hiding-spider-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3866-hiding-spider-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3866-hiding-spider-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3866-hiding-spider.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/>See note above.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21567 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ant-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ant-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ant-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ant-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ant.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/>Unidentified ant\u00a0 (Hym.: Formicidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21568 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aphid-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aphid-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aphid-1024x971.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aphid-768x728.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aphid.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/>Unidentified aphid (Hem.: Aphididae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21570 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mirid-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mirid-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mirid-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mirid-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mirid.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><em>Dicyphus discrepans<\/em>\u00a0(Hem.: Miridae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21569 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hvst-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hvst-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hvst-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hvst-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hvst.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><em>Protolophus sp.<\/em>\u00a0(Opiliones: Protolophidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 May 15 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum reports two Painted Ladies on the top of Mount Douglas, and one Western Tiger Swallowtail on the top of Mount Tolmie this afternoon.\u00a0 He writes that he is still not seeing a lot of butterflies.\u00a0 \u201cI have still not yet seen a comma this year.\u201d \u00a0 More middle-of-the-night invertebrates 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