{"id":21582,"date":"2024-05-16T20:45:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T03:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21582"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T03:47:21","slug":"2024-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=21582","title":{"rendered":"2024 May 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 May 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>More invertebrate photographs by Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21578 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04011csr-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04011csr-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04011csr-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04011csr-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04011csr.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/strong><em>Ambigolimax valentianus<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Limacidae) \u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21581 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04068cs-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04068cs-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04068cs-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04068cs-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04068cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/strong>Snakefly &#8211; <em>Agulla sp.<\/em>\u00a0(Raphidiidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21579 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04013cs-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04013cs-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04013cs-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04013cs-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04013cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/strong>Snakefly &#8211; <em>Agulla sp.<\/em>\u00a0(Raphidiidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Ian writes:\u00a0\u00a0 Passing this along because it&#8217;s an interesting scene: I spotted a crab spider approaching the snakefly on the blade of grass.. At a certain point, the two had an exchange of flinches, but there was no attempt to attack by the spider. The snakefly repositioned itself somewhat and the spider retreated. It may be that they were both simply startled by each others&#8217; presence. It&#8217;s also possible that my efforts to get in closer to photograph them may have inadvertently disrupted the spider&#8217;s stalking.\u00a0 I was relieved nothing came of it, except this and other photos!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21577 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC03929cs-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC03929cs-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC03929cs-1024x976.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC03929cs-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC03929cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/strong>Snakefly and spider encounter\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04057cs-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04057cs-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04057cs-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04057cs-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04057cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/strong>Probably <em>Culiseta <\/em>sp.\u00a0 (Dip.: Culicidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21576 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04124cs-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04124cs-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04124cs-933x1024.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04124cs-768x843.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DSC04124cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/strong>Soil Centipede &#8211; Order Geophilomorpha\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 May 16 \u00a0More invertebrate photographs by Ian Cooper \u00a0Ambigolimax valentianus\u00a0(Pul.: Limacidae) \u00a0\u00a0Ian Cooper \u00a0 Snakefly &#8211; Agulla sp.\u00a0(Raphidiidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper \u00a0\u00a0 Snakefly &#8211; Agulla sp.\u00a0(Raphidiidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian writes:\u00a0\u00a0 Passing this along because it&#8217;s an interesting scene: I spotted a crab spider approaching the snakefly on the blade of grass.. At a certain [&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-21582","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\/21582","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=21582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21585,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21582\/revisions\/21585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}