{"id":2821,"date":"2016-07-04T18:39:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T02:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2016-07-05T13:46:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T20:46:35","slug":"july-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2821","title":{"rendered":"July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2016 July 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Butterflies may be a bit scarce in and near Victoria just now, but it is quite another story on Mount Cokely.\u00a0\u00a0 On June 29 Ron Flower photographed several splendid butterflies, most of which we don\u2019t see here in Victoria.\u00a0 See also Aziza\u2019s June 26 list (June 27 posting).<\/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=\"z sulphur.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/z-sulphur.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"442.53\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Sulphur <em>Colias occidentalis <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"z parnass.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/z-parnass.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"407.26666666666665\" 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_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Rocky Mountain Parnassian <em>Parnassius smintheus <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"z frit.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/z-frit.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"469.0381395348837\" name=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Meadow Fritillary <em>Boloria epithore <\/em> (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"z cedar.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/z-cedar.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"401.77976723366163\" name=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Cedar Hairstreak <em>Mitoura rosneri <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"z anna.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/z-anna.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"435.24681933842237\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Anna\u2019s Blue <em>Lycaeides anna <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten writes:\u00a0 I bought extension tubes to get a little closer for macro shots and I am quite happy with the results!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First, I found an interesting wasp, <strong><em>Philanthus crabroniformis<\/em><\/strong>, that I learned is a beewolf. \u00a0The females lay eggs on a bee host and when the carnivorous larvae emerge, they consume it. \u00a0I found it at Tod Creek Flats behind the Red Barn Market on West Saanich Road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next, I had a different bee fly at the old gravel pit off Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Parkway near Colwood. \u00a0Almost all bee flies I encounter locally are <strong><em>Bombylius major<\/em><\/strong>, but this one lacks the pattern on the wings and is much more golden. \u00a0It could be <strong><em>Systoechus oreas<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0At the same location I had a very exciting find: a large dark spot on a rock turned out to be a <strong><em>Catocala<\/em> <em>briseis <\/em><\/strong>moth!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Philanthus crabroniformis.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Philanthus-crabroniformis.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"397.33333333333337\" 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_image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Philanthus crabroniformis <\/em>(Hym.: Crabronidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bombyliid sp. 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