{"id":503,"date":"2015-08-03T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=503"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:03","slug":"august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"August 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} p \t{margin-top:0; \tmargin-bottom:0}--><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>2015 August 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; Today seven people took a walk to the Kinsol Trestle to look for butterflies. We all agreed that in the right season, it could be an excellent place, but today we saw only four species:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woodland Skipper &#8211; 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cabbage White &#8211; 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral &#8211; 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>comma sp. &#8211; 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The trestle is very impressive, towering above the river. It was a hot day for a walk.&nbsp;We saw&nbsp;many dragonflies and a few other interesting insects. I&#8217;ll look forward to returning there sometime next spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is a <strong>dragonfly<\/strong> and a <strong>wasp<\/strong> that Aziza photographed during the butterfly walk.&nbsp; She also photographed an interesting<strong> fly<\/strong> &#8211; and we are working on its identification before we post it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"\" title=\"Dragonfly Kinsol 1a.JPG\" height=\"447\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d5535.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\">Striped Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum pallipes <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"\" title=\"Paper Wasp.JPG\" height=\"450.9733333333333\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d5f6e.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\">European Paper Wasp <em>Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Gordon Hart writes:&nbsp; Here at home in the Highlands on August 1 the same butterflies as earlier in the week are still present , including the <strong>Cedar Hairstreak<\/strong>. I saw what I think was a very large<strong> Dobsonfly<\/strong> (Corydalinae) , but it landed out of range so I was unable to get a picture. I did manage a picture of a very nice <strong>Blue Dasher, <\/strong><strong><em>Pachydiplax<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong> <strong><em>longipennis<\/em><\/strong>, with green eyes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"0\" originalwidth=\"0\" name=\"\" title=\"_P8011891[1].jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d7087.jpeg\"><br \/> <img decoding=\"async\" name=\"\" title=\"P8011891[1].jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d6fd3.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"\" title=\"P8011891[1].jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d702e.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"545\" setheight=\"363\" style=\"width: 545px; height: 363px;\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"32\" originalwidth=\"32\" name=\"\" title=\"P8011891.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d70e0.jpeg\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\">Blue Dasher <em>Pachydiplax longipennis <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper photographed a brown <strong>Yellow Woolly Bear <\/strong>&nbsp;at Tod Creek Flats, July 31.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 491px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"491\" setheight=\"369\" originalheight=\"901\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Spilosoma.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d7830.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\"> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yellow Woolly Bear <em>Spilosoma virginica <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae &#8211; Arctiinae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang photographed a <strong>White-faced Hornet <\/strong>(also known as <strong>Bald-faced Hornet<\/strong>) on August 1.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"503\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"hornet.jpg\" height=\"468.41875\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d8f55.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">White-faced Hornet <em>Dolichovespula maculata <\/em> (Hym.: Vespidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of an unknown noctuid caterpillar feeding on roses in a garden near Kemp Lake. August 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"900\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8014330.JPG\" height=\"447\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55bedcc1d91ec.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unknown caterpillar (Lep: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 August 2 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; Today seven people took a walk to the Kinsol Trestle to look for butterflies. 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