{"id":22249,"date":"2024-06-30T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22249"},"modified":"2024-06-30T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:30:37","slug":"2024-june-30-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22249","title":{"rendered":"2024 June 30 afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 June 30 afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Colias <\/em>alert!\u00a0 <\/strong>Ron Flower writes:\u00a0 Today, Sunday June 30, we spent half an hour chasing a sulphur butterfly around McIntyre Pond and fields. \u00a0Probably an <strong>Orange Sulphur<\/strong> but could not get a pic. It\u2019s the earliest I have seen one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Milbert alert!\u00a0 <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 Today, June 30, there was one <strong>Milbert&#8217;s Tortoiseshell<\/strong> at Swan Lake along the path near Saanich Road.\u00a0 Photographs were obtained, which we hope can be shown in the next posting.\u00a0 There were also five \u00a0<strong>Essex Skippers<\/strong> and one <strong>Western Tiger<\/strong> <strong>Swallowtail.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jochen M\u00f6hr sends a photograph from Metchosin of a <strong>White Satin Moth, <\/strong>unfortunately out of the reach of the tripod mounted camera.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22247 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/White-Satin-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/White-Satin-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/White-Satin-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/White-Satin-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/White-Satin.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/strong>Male <em>Leucoma salicis\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Lymantriinae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scott Gilmore sends a photograph of a net-winged beetle <strong><em>Dictyoptera simplicipes<\/em><\/strong> from Paradise Meadows in Strathcona Provincial Park yesterday June 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22246 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scott-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scott-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scott-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scott-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Scott.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><em>Dictyoptera simplicipes\u00a0 <\/em>(Col.: Lycidae) \u00a0Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s another selection of pics from my June 28 pre-dawn \/ early morning\u00a0photo shoot at *Colquitz River Park in Saanich &amp; the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22242 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05585cs-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05585cs-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05585cs-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05585cs-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05585cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><em>Enoplognatha ovata<\/em>\u00a0(Ara.: Theridiidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22243 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05602c--300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05602c--300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05602c--1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05602c--768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05602c-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><em>Protolophus niger<\/em>\u00a0(Opiliones: \u00a0Protolophidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22244 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05609cs-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05609cs-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05609cs-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05609cs-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05609cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/>Common Rough Woodlouse \u2013 <em>Porcellio scaber<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Porcellionidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05627cs-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05627cs-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05627cs-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05627cs-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC05627cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/>Common Striped Woodlouse &#8211; <em>Philoscia muscorum<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Oniscidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 June 30 afternoon Colias alert!\u00a0 Ron Flower writes:\u00a0 Today, Sunday June 30, we spent half an hour chasing a sulphur butterfly around McIntyre Pond and fields. \u00a0Probably an Orange Sulphur but could not get a pic. It\u2019s the earliest I have seen one. Milbert alert!\u00a0 Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 Today, June 30, there was one [&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-22249","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\/22249","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=22249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22252,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22249\/revisions\/22252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}