{"id":6107,"date":"2018-05-18T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T23:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2018-05-19T19:21:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T02:21:41","slug":"may-18-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6107","title":{"rendered":"May 18 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2018 May 18 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay: Yesterday, when I was photographing a <strong>Western Brown Elfin<\/strong> in the rhododendron bush, a <strong>Cedar Hairstreak<\/strong> landed in the nearby\u00a0osier dogwood.\u00a0 It also nectared on the holly tree.\u00a0 <strong>Western Spring Azures<\/strong> are also common in the yard as are the black and yellow bumble bees.\u00a0 The <strong>Western Tailed Blue<\/strong> was on Cross Road where the <strong>Arctic Skipper<\/strong> is still nectaring on the vetch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tailed Blue.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Tailed-Blue.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"401.77155963302744\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Tailed Blue <em>Everes amyntula <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spring Azure.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Spring-Azure.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"398.57201365187706\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Spring Azure <em>Celastrina echo <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brown elfin.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brown-elfin.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Brown Elfin <em>Incisalia iroides <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"180517yard-089.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/180517yard-089.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cedar Hairstreak <em>Mitoura rosneri <\/em>\u00a0(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"yipbee.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yipbee.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bombus vosnesenskii <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Thanks to Annie Pang for identifying the bee for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lots more in the queue \u2013 but will have to wait until tomorrow!\u00a0 \u00a0And maybe not first thing in the morning \u2013 I\u2019ll be up in the wee hours watching Harry and Meghan.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Jeremy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 May 18 evening \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay: Yesterday, when I was photographing a Western Brown Elfin in the rhododendron bush, a Cedar Hairstreak landed in the nearby\u00a0osier dogwood.\u00a0 It also nectared on the holly tree.\u00a0 Western Spring Azures are also common in the yard as are the black and yellow 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