{"id":22824,"date":"2024-07-23T07:36:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T14:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22824"},"modified":"2024-07-30T20:20:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T03:20:28","slug":"2024-july-23-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22824","title":{"rendered":"2024 July 23 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 July 23 morning<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here is a selection of photos taken last night (July 22), by the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal near the 9 km marker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22822 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08042cs-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08042cs-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08042cs-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08042cs-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08042cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/>Red Carpenter Ant \u2013 <em>Camponotus vicinus<\/em>\u00a0(Hym.: Formicidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22817 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07956c-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07956c-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07956c-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07956c-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07956c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>Crane fly\u00a0 <em>Tipula pubera\u00a0 <\/em>(Dip.:\u00a0 Tipulidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 We badly need someone who can identify crane flies. Is there anyone out there who can identify the one below?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22821 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08021cs-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08021cs-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08021cs-1024x861.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08021cs-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08021cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>Crane fly\u00a0 (Dip.: Tipulidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22820 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07995c-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07995c-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07995c-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07995c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>Camel cricket,\u00a0 <em>Pristoceuthophilus celatus<\/em>\u00a0(Orth.: Rhaphidophoridae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<br \/>\nThanks to James Miskelly for confirmation of the identity.\u00a0 James writes that female <em>Pristoceuthophilus <\/em>cannot be reliably identified from photographs, but there is only one <em>Pristoceuthophilus\u00a0 <\/em>on<br \/>\nVancouver Island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22819 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07974c-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07974c-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07974c-1024x911.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07974c-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07974c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/>Harvestman\u00a0 (Opiliones)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Steven Roias and Scott Gilmore for the identification of the weevil below, initially wrongly labelled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22818 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07966cs-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07966cs-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07966cs-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07966cs-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC07966cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/>Weevil.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Sciopithes obscurus<\/em> (Col.: Curculionidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 This moth was at my Saanich apartment building this morning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4872-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4872-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4872-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4872-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_4872.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Plodia interpunctella\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Pyralidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 July 23 morning Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here is a selection of photos taken last night (July 22), by the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal near the 9 km marker. Red Carpenter Ant \u2013 Camponotus vicinus\u00a0(Hym.: Formicidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper Crane fly\u00a0 Tipula pubera\u00a0 (Dip.:\u00a0 Tipulidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper \u00a0\u00a0 We badly need someone who can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824","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=22824"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22946,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824\/revisions\/22946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}