{"id":2611,"date":"2016-06-03T19:06:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T03:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2016-06-05T08:56:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T15:56:04","slug":"june-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"June 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2015 June 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Annie Pang sends photographs of a number of insects.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have a stab at identifying them, though I\u2019m not an expert! &#8211; Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first one looks like a <strong>greenbottle<\/strong>.\u00a0 There are several species, and I don\u2019t think I can go further.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Greenbottle.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Greenbottle.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"546.085\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Greenbottle fly.\u00a0 Probably <em>Lucilia <\/em>sp. (Dip.:\u00a0 Calliphoridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m pretty sure that this one is <strong><em>Eristalis tenax<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eristalis tenax.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Eristalis-tenax.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"490.3316326530612\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Drone Fly <em>Eristalis tenax <\/em>(Dip.: Syrphidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what the next one is.\u00a0 Stratiomyidae?\u00a0\u00a0 Syrphidae?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"strat.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/strat.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"485.22513089005236\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Unknown (Dip.:\u00a0 Stratiomyidae?\u00a0 Syrphidae?)\u00a0\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p>The next one is probably a young nymph of a cicadellid leafhopper, and can correctly be called a bug.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cicadellid.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cicadellid.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"400.3525835866261\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Probable leafhopper nymph (Hem.: Cicadellidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val George writes:\u00a0\u00a0 This afternoon, June 3, there was a <strong>West Coast Lady<\/strong> nectaring on Gumweed near the Oak Bay Marina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 June 15 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Annie Pang sends photographs of a number of insects.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have a stab at identifying them, though I\u2019m not an expert! &#8211; Jeremy Tatum &nbsp; The first one looks like a greenbottle.\u00a0 There are several species, and I don\u2019t think I can go further. &nbsp; Greenbottle fly.\u00a0 Probably Lucilia sp. 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