{"id":730,"date":"2015-06-23T03:52:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T10:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=730"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:05","slug":"june-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"June 22"},"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;} --><\/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<p><strong>2015 June 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang has been busy as a bee, photographing bees.&nbsp; If there are any experts out there who can identify them, please let us know!<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"450\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"bee1Pang.jpg\" height=\"413.99999999999994\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5f116.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"0\" setheight=\"19\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">Bee 1 (Hym.) Annie Pang<\/p>\n<p> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"594\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"bee2Pang.jpg\" height=\"546.4799999999999\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5f2e6.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">Bee2 (Hym.) Annie Pang<\/p>\n<p> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"590\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"bee3Pang.jpg\" height=\"542.8\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5f530.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">Bee 3 (Hym.)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And she has been photographing other creatures, too:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"378\" originalwidth=\"506\" name=\"\" title=\"Polistes Pang.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5f835.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">European Paper Wasp <em>Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"520\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"beetle Pang.jpg\" height=\"478.4\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5fa63.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">Beetle (Col.: Cerambycidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And a spider on the kitchen table, identified for us by Robb Bennett, who writes: &#8220;It&#8217;s a <strong>cobweb weaver<\/strong> (family Theridiidae) &#8211; most likely one of the many species that used to be broadly lumped into the genus <strong><em>Theridion<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"484\" originalwidth=\"585\" name=\"\" title=\"Theridion.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5fcfc.jpeg\">&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Cobweb spider &#8220;<em>Theridion<\/em>&#8221; sp. (Ara.: Theridiidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>While on Mount Washington with the butterfly outing, Bill Katz photographed a few things, including the beetle below (identified for us by Scott Gilmore) and the moth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"898\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Lepturobosca chrysocoma.JPG\" height=\"440.6186666666666\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc5fea8.jpeg\"><br \/> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lepturobosca chrysocoma <\/em>(Col.: Cerambycidae)&nbsp; Bill Katz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1046\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Marbled Carpet.JPG\" height=\"513.2373333333333\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc6054b.jpeg\"><br \/> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rheumaptera hastata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Bill Katz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay:&nbsp; Pristine, second generation <strong>Grey Hairstreaks<\/strong> are flying now. &#8211; saw 4 last week. One kindly decided to bask in my garden for an easy photo. Encountered 2 <strong>Red Admirals<\/strong> at the end of Cross Road yesterday. One was on its last wings but the other was intact.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"150619homeb-032.jpg\" height=\"392.5333333333333\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc60dc8.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\">Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"583\" originalwidth=\"834\" name=\"\" title=\"150620cross-078.jpg\" height=\"411.5952038369304\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc610ba.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\">Red Admiral <em>Vanessa atalanta <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Mik Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp; Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of a pair of <strong> Western Meadow Fritillaries <\/strong>at Mount Washington on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"892\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"F W Meadow F mating 1a.JPG\" height=\"437.67466666666667\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image5588d7fc61422.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Meadow Fritillaries <em>Boloria epithore <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes that there are still (June 21) <strong>Red Admirals<\/strong> and <strong>Painted Ladies<\/strong> (some worn, some fresh) at<strong> <\/strong>the top of Mount Tolmie in the evenings, and he saw a very fresh <strong>Red Admiral <\/strong>in the Finnerty Gardens at UVic.&nbsp; He remarks that he stopped at Chemainus on the way back from Mount Washington, and he noted that the nettles there have <strong>Red Admiral <\/strong>caterpillars on them, so we may have a bumper crop of these butterflies soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; I still have a backlog of contributions to Invert Alert &#8211; particularly a few micro moths yet to be identified, as well as some butterflies still in the queue.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll get round to them a.s.a.p.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 June 22 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang has been busy as a bee, photographing bees.&nbsp; If there are any experts out there who can identify them, please let us know! &nbsp; Bee 1 (Hym.) 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