{"id":22370,"date":"2024-07-04T16:04:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22370"},"modified":"2024-07-04T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:04:30","slug":"2024-july-4-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22370","title":{"rendered":"2024 July 4 afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

2024 July 4 afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>On July 3, Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy counted the following dragonflies at Swan Lake,<\/p>\n

\u00a0 1 Western Pondhawk
\n<\/strong>14 \u00a0Blue Dashers
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 2 \u00a0Eight-spotted Skimmers
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 2 Cardinal Meadowhawks
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 1 Common Green Darner
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 2 Blue-eyed \u00a0Darners\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

\"\"Western Pondhawk\u00a0 Erythemis collocatum\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

and the following at McIntyre reservoir:<\/p>\n

\u00a0 1 Common Green Darner
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 7 Blue Dashers
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 2 Variegated Meadowhawk
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 3 Cardinal Meadowhawks
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 3 Blue-eyed Darners
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 8 \u00a0Eight-spotted Skimmers
\n25 Tule Bluets in tandem. <\/strong>Probably many more.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Variegated Meadowhawk\u00a0 Sympetrum corruptum\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)
\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

\"\"Common Green Darner Anax junius\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

\"\"Tule Bluets Enallagma carunculatum\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

In several localities, Marie saw Tiger Swallowtails, Lorquin\u2019s Admirals, Essex Skippers and 26 Cabbage Whites.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here is a batch from Ian Cooper.\u00a0 All were taken in View Royal by the Galloping Goose Trail near Talcott Road, beginning shortly before dusk and into the evening, July 3.<\/p>\n

\"\"Does anyone know what this is?\u00a0 Please let us know.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Dyslobus <\/em>sp. (possibly decoratus<\/em>)\u00a0(Col.: Curculionidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"Ground beetle \u2013 identification uncertain\u00a0 (Col.: Carabidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"Ladybird beetle pupa\u00a0 (Col.: Coccinellidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Red Carpenter Ant – Camponotus vicinus<\/i> (Hym.: Formicidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Crane Fly\u00a0 (Dip.:\u00a0 Tipulidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2024 July 4 afternoon \u00a0\u00a0 On July 3, Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy counted the following dragonflies at Swan Lake, \u00a0 1 Western Pondhawk 14 \u00a0Blue Dashers \u00a0 2 \u00a0Eight-spotted Skimmers \u00a0 2 Cardinal Meadowhawks \u00a0 1 Common Green Darner \u00a0 2 Blue-eyed \u00a0Darners\u00a0   Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis\u00a0 (Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy Western Pondhawk\u00a0 Erythemis collocatum\u00a0 (Odo.: […]<\/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-22370","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\/22370","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=22370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22373,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22370\/revisions\/22373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}