{"id":22888,"date":"2024-07-28T19:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T02:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22888"},"modified":"2024-07-29T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:34:07","slug":"2024-july-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22888","title":{"rendered":"2024 July 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 July 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here are some invertebrate photographs taken by Ian Cooper along the E&amp;N trail on the morning of July 27.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22887 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08369c-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08369c-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08369c-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08369c-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08369c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><em>Bombus vosnesenskii <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22883 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bumble-1-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bumble-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bumble-1-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bumble-1-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bumble-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><em>Bombus occidentalis<\/em> (Hym.: Apidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<br \/>\nThanks to Steven Roias for the identification of this bee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22886 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08310cs-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08310cs-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08310cs-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08310cs-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08310cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>Male Goldenrod Crab Spider &#8211; <em>Misumena vatia <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22885 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08308cs-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08308cs-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08308cs-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08308cs-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08308cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/>Spittle Bug \u00a0<em>Philaenus spumarius<\/em>\u00a0(Hem.: Cercopidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08294css-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08294css-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08294css-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08294css-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC08294css.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><br \/>\nNymph of a Conchuela Bug \u00a0<em>Chlorochroa ligata<\/em> \u00a0 (Hem.: Pentatomidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<br \/>\nThanks to Val George for the identification of this bug.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/syrphid-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/syrphid-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/syrphid-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/syrphid-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/syrphid.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/>Flower Fly &#8211; <em>Myathropa florea<\/em>\u00a0(Dip.: Syrphidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<br \/>\nThanks to Dr Jeff Skevington for confirmation of the identification of this fly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Hart photographed these two butterflies in his Highlands garden, July 27.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22882 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Skipper-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Skipper-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Skipper-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Skipper-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Skipper.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/>Woodland Skipper\u00a0 <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides\u00a0 <\/em>Gordon Hart<\/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-22881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pine-White-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pine-White-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pine-White-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pine-White-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Pine-White.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/strong>Male Pine White\u00a0 <em>Neophasia menapia\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Val George writes:\u00a0 This <strong><em>Emmelina monodactyla<\/em><\/strong> moth was in my Oak Bay garden this morning, July 28.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The caterpillar is to be found in the flowers of <em>Calystegia\u00a0 <\/em>(a.k.a. <em>Convolvulus<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22880 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emmelina-monodactyla-6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emmelina-monodactyla-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emmelina-monodactyla-6-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emmelina-monodactyla-6-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Emmelina-monodactyla-6.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/strong><em>Emmelina monodactyla<\/em>\u00a0 (Lep.: Pterophoridae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 July 28 \u00a0\u00a0 Here are some invertebrate photographs taken by Ian Cooper along the E&amp;N trail on the morning of July 27. Bombus vosnesenskii (Hym.: Apidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper &nbsp; Bombus occidentalis (Hym.: Apidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper Thanks to Steven Roias for the identification of this bee. Male Goldenrod Crab Spider &#8211; Misumena vatia [&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-22888","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\/22888","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=22888"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22893,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22888\/revisions\/22893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}