{"id":24470,"date":"2025-01-03T21:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T05:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=24470"},"modified":"2025-01-06T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T06:28:27","slug":"2025-january-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=24470","title":{"rendered":"2025 January 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2025 January 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Ian Cooper sends photographs from Colquitz River Park last night, January 01\/02 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24469 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114462cs-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114462cs-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114462cs-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114462cs-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114462cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/strong>Meadow Spittle Bug\u00a0 <em>Philaenus spumarius <\/em>\u00a0(Hem.: Cercopidae)\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-24468 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114459c-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114459c-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114459c-1024x951.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114459c-768x713.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114459c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/strong>Western Earwig \u00a0<em>Forficula dentata<\/em>\u00a0(Order Dermaptera) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 There has been some recent revision of the species formerly known as <em>Forficula auricularia<\/em>.\u00a0 Apparently there are several \u201ccryptic species\u201d that are morphologically very similar, but are nevertheless biologically separate species.\u00a0 The one that occurs here (labelled as <em>F. auricularia <\/em>\u00a0in previous postings on this site) should now be called <em>Forficula dentata.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114442c-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114442c-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114442c-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114442c-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114442c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/strong><em>Arion hortensis<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Arionidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24464 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114383c-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114383c-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114383c-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114383c-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114383c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/strong>Dusky Arion \u00a0<em>Arion subfuscus<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(Pul.: Arionidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114417CS-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114417CS-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114417CS-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114417CS-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114417CS.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/strong>Common Chrysalis Snail \u00a0<em>Lauria cylindracea<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; (Pul.: Lauriidae)\u00a0\u00a0 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-24465 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114389cs-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114389cs-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114389cs-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114389cs-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11114389cs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/strong>Unidentified Globular springtails. (Collembola \u2013 Symphypleona: Dicyrtomidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 January 3 \u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper sends photographs from Colquitz River Park last night, January 01\/02 2025. \u00a0 Meadow Spittle Bug\u00a0 Philaenus spumarius \u00a0(Hem.: Cercopidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper \u00a0 Western Earwig \u00a0Forficula dentata\u00a0(Order Dermaptera) \u00a0Ian Cooper \u00a0\u00a0 There has been some recent revision of the species formerly known as Forficula auricularia.\u00a0 Apparently there are several \u201ccryptic [&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-24470","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\/24470","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=24470"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24497,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24470\/revisions\/24497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}