{"id":24549,"date":"2025-01-11T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T03:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=24549"},"modified":"2025-01-11T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T03:26:16","slug":"2025-january-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=24549","title":{"rendered":"2025 January 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2025 January 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a selection of creatures photographed by Ian Cooper in View Royal last night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24548 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110412c-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110412c-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110412c-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110412c-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110412c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>Soldier beetle larva\u00a0 (Col.: Cantharidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 This could easily be mistaken for a moth caterpillar.\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed, I did so myself once, and would probably have done so again if Ian hadn\u2019t pointed out that this is a soldier beetle grub.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24547 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110409c-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110409c-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110409c-1024x935.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110409c-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110409c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/>Possibly a juvenile <em>Cybaeus <\/em>sp<em>.<\/em>\u00a0(Ara.: Cybaeidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24546 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110392mc-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110392mc-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110392mc-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110392mc-768x837.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110392mc.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/>Forest Spider\u00a0 <em>Pimoa altioculata<\/em> (Ara: Pimoidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110333c-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110333c-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110333c-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110333c-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110333c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/>Possibly a juvenile Beaded Lancetooth snail, <em>Ancotrema sportella\u00a0<\/em> (Pul.: Haplotrematidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24544 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110325c-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110325c-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110325c-1024x873.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110325c-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110325c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/>Tiny snail, possibly a Dot Snail\u00a0 \u00a0(Ara.: Punctidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110321c-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110321c-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110321c-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110321c-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/11110321c.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/>Grey Field Slug <em>\u00a0Deroceras reticulatum<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Agriolimacidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 January 11 Here\u2019s a selection of creatures photographed by Ian Cooper in View Royal last night. Soldier beetle larva\u00a0 (Col.: Cantharidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 This could easily be mistaken for a moth caterpillar.\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed, I did so myself once, and would probably have done so again if Ian hadn\u2019t pointed out [&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-24549","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\/24549","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=24549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24551,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24549\/revisions\/24551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}