{"id":6712,"date":"2018-07-24T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6712"},"modified":"2018-07-24T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T23:26:38","slug":"july-24-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6712","title":{"rendered":"July 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>July 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay:&nbsp;  <strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral, Pine White<\/strong>, and <strong>Cabbage White<\/strong> continue to pass through occasionally, but the one surprise was a fairly fresh second generation female&nbsp;<strong>Western Spring Azure<\/strong>. I also photographed one moth and   three medium-sized&nbsp;dragonflies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"W Spring Azure.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/W-Spring-Azure.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Spring Azure <em>Celastrina echo <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"moth.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/moth.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Selenia alciphearia <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Libby Avis writes:&nbsp; This is one of the few moths that usually sits with its wings up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Cardinal1.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cardinal1.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cardinal Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum illotum <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Cardinal2.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cardinal2.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cardinal Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum illotum <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Dasher1.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dasher1.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Blue Dasher <em>Pachydiplax longipennis <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Dasher2.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dasher2.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Blue Dasher <em>Pachydiplax longipennis <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"W Pondhawk.jpg\" originalwidth=\"900\" originalheight=\"600\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/W-Pondhawk.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Erythemis collocata <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Jody Wells sends a picture of a dragonfly from the Blenkinsop Valley, June 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 543px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"L quadrimac.jpg\" originalwidth=\"1067\" originalheight=\"845\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"469.4620431115276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/L-quadrimac.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Four-spotted Skimmer <em>Libellula quadrimaculata<\/em>&nbsp; (Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Jody Wells<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230;and that&#8217;s all I can manage today, writes Jeremy Tatum.&nbsp; More tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 24 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay:&nbsp; Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral, Pine White, and Cabbage White continue to pass through occasionally, but the one surprise was a fairly fresh second generation female&nbsp;Western Spring Azure. 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