{"id":3434,"date":"2016-11-02T15:15:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T23:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2020-11-23T08:11:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:11:39","slug":"november-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=3434","title":{"rendered":"November 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2016 November 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Today is the anniversary of the last butterfly reported in 2015 &#8211; a Red Admiral on November 2, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Annie Pang sends a picture of a <strong>rough stink bug<\/strong>, identified by Claudia Copley as <em>Brochymena affinis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 530px;\" title=\"rough stink.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a742fb1515.jpeg\" 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_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Brochymena affinis<\/em> (Hem.: Pentatomidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin sends photographs of a wasp, a snail and three spiders.\u00a0 Ichneumonid and braconid wasps are exceedingly numerous, and rarely identifiable with confidence.\u00a0 They are often uncritically lumped as just \u201cichneumons\u201d &#8211; although this term should strictly be used for the Family Ichneumonidae.\u00a0 (Even better, call them ichneumonid wasps and braconid wasps, since the unqualified word \u201cichneumon\u201d is also used for a species of mongoose.) However, we can see the venation of this example well enough to be reasonably certain that this insect is indeed an <strong>ichneumonid wasp<\/strong> and not a braconid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"wasp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a74303dc51.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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=\"\" \/>Ichneumonid wasp (Hym.: Ichneumonidae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Next is a rather familiar <strong>Garden Spider<\/strong> from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cross orbweaver 2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a74308d997.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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=\"\" \/><em>Araneus diadematus <\/em>(Ara.: Araneidae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cross orbweaver.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a7430d6ca7.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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=\"\" \/><em>Araneus diadematus <\/em>(Ara.: Araneidae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 The snail below was no taller than 5 mm and was working its way across a Salal leaf.\u00a0 Because of its size, we believe it is probably <em>Lauria cylindracea.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"snail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a743133693.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" name=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Probably <em>Lauria cylindracea<\/em> (Pul.: Lauriidae)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The spider below is probably a youngster and it may be difficult to identify it reliably.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll stick to Superfamily Araneoidea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"small spider.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a74317942a.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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=\"\" \/>Spider (Ara.: Araneoidea)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"small spider-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a7431d7f91.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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_image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Spider (Ara.: Araneoidea)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"small spider-3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a74322acd2.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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_image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Spider (Ara.: Araneoidea)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"small spider-7.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a7432701f5.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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_image018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Spider (Ara.: Araneoidea)\u00a0 Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 But we can go down to Family level with this one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"tiny spider.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/581a7432b75ae.jpeg\" width=\"599.2\" height=\"399.4666666666667\" 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_image020.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Jumping spider (Ara.: Salticidae) Thomas Barbin<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 November 2 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today is the anniversary of the last butterfly reported in 2015 &#8211; a Red Admiral on November 2, 2015. &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Annie Pang sends a picture of a rough stink bug, identified by Claudia Copley as Brochymena affinis. &nbsp; \u00a0 Brochymena affinis (Hem.: Pentatomidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang \u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin sends 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