{"id":2616,"date":"2016-06-04T18:37:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T02:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2016-06-04T19:46:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T02:46:32","slug":"june-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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   <\/strong>Jeremy Gatten writes:  I took some photos on the weekend before I left and I only have one of the shots with me – if you don’t mind a late entry to the Invertebrate Alert, you could post it.  It’s Eristalinus aeneus<\/em><\/strong>, which is a syrphid.  It is apparently a European species that is adventive in North America.  I photographed it on May 23rd.  The eyes are great!<\/p>\n

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\"\"Eristalinus aeneus <\/em>(Dip.: Syrphidae)   Jeremy Gatten<\/div>\n

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   Devon Parker saw a Western Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong> and a Lorquin’s Admiral <\/strong>at the Prospect Lake boat launch on June 3.   On June 4, he went a bit further afield, to Mount Brenton, near Chemainus, and scored as follows:<\/p>\n

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7 Western Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Pale Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 Cedar Hairstreak<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Western Brown Elfin<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 Clodius Parnassian <\/strong><\/p>\n

2<\/strong> Speyeria <\/em><\/strong>sp. <\/strong>(large fritillaries – flybys)  <\/p>\n

4 Silvery Blue<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Mourning Cloak<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Western Pine Elfin<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Boisduval’s Blue <\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Western <\/strong>Sulphur<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Western Meadow Fritillary<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Roadside Skipper<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum comments:  That’s a spectacular haul by any standards!  Not sure which of them is the most exciting, but Western Sulphur must come near the top!<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I went to the Kinsol Trestle today.  Almost too hot to stagger along, but I saw Western Tiger Swallowtail, Lorquin’s Admiral, Red Admiral, Clodius Parnassian, <\/strong>several Cedar Hairstreaks<\/strong>, and one rather late-in-the season, but closely seen and identified, Moss’s Elfin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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   <\/strong>Devon sends some photographs from the trip that he and his Dad made to Jordan River on May 31.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Comma Polygonia <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Devon Parker<\/div>\n

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[Jeremy Tatum comments:  That’s a tough one.  Is the “comma” mark ear-shaped or V-shaped?  Something in between, I think!  I think I’ll just label it “sp.”<\/p>\n

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\"\"Johnson’s Hairstreak Loranthomitoura johnsoni <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Devon Parker<\/div>\n

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