{"id":4032,"date":"2017-04-30T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2017-05-14T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T18:29:14","slug":"april-30-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=4032","title":{"rendered":"April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2017 April 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Thomas Barbin made some interesting observations in the Highlands on April 28, of a pair of jumping spiders \u201cnot wasting any time\u201d as Mike Yip would have delicately put it. \u00a0And the female was multitasking &#8211; eating a third jumping spider at the same time as enjoying the company of the male.\u00a0 Here is a photograph of one of the spiders, kindly identified by Catherine Scott.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"evarshaa series 8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/evarshaa-series-8.jpg\" width=\"594.4\" height=\"406.1733333333333\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Jumping spider <em>Evarcha proszynskii <\/em>(Ara.: Salticidae) Thomas Barbin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ken Vaughan photographed a few insects in the wind today. \u00a0\u00a0The first is a <strong>bee fly<\/strong>.\u00a0 We don\u2019t know whether it is the European <strong><em>Bombylius major<\/em><\/strong> or the native <strong><em>B. aureus<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>If anyone can help us with this, please do get in touch.\u00a0 jtatum at uvic dot ca<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"bee fly Ken.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/bee-fly-Ken.jpg\" width=\"594.4\" height=\"472.56645962732915\" 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=\"\" \/>Bee fly <em>Bombylius major\/aureus <\/em>(Dip.: Bombyliidae)\u00a0 Ken Vaughan<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Honey Bee.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Honey-Bee-1.jpg\" width=\"594.4\" height=\"535.1690504103165\" 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=\"\" \/>Honey Bee <em>Apis mellifera <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Ken Vaughan<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cabbage.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cabbage.jpg\" width=\"594.4\" height=\"603.8349206349205\" 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=\"\" \/>Cabbage White <em>Pieris rapae<\/em> (Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ken Vaughan<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val George sends a photograph of the underside of a <strong>California Tortoiseshell<\/strong> that was near the Observatory this afternoon, April 30. \u00a0The only other butterflies were two <strong>Sara Orangetips.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"California Tortoiseshell 10.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/California-Tortoiseshell-10-1.jpg\" width=\"594.4\" height=\"395.7713333333333\" 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_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>California Tortoiseshell\u00a0 <em>Nymphalis californica <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Val George<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 April 30 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Barbin made some interesting observations in the Highlands on April 28, of a pair of jumping spiders \u201cnot wasting any time\u201d as Mike Yip would have delicately put it. \u00a0And the female was multitasking &#8211; 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