{"id":949,"date":"2015-06-07T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T21:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=949"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:06","slug":"june-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"June 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2015 June 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sorry I&rsquo;m posting today&rsquo;s Invert Alert so early in the day&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m, just off to the monthly Butterfly Walk &#8211; at Duncan!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ken Vaughan writes:&nbsp; Had a nice walk around Beaver Lake Ponds on June 4, with two first-of-year-for-me odes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a241c7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"407.8268398268398\" title=\"KV_IGP0123 (Small).jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a241c7.jpeg 693w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a241c7-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Cardinal Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum illotum <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Ken Vaughan<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2449b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KV_IGP0127 (Small).jpg\" name=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2449b.jpeg 577w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2449b-300x250.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/>Male Eight-spotted Skimmer <em>Libellula forensis <\/em>(Odo.:&nbsp; Libellulidae)&nbsp; Ken Vaughan<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a24851.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"386.6265389876881\" title=\"KV_IGP0137 (Small).jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a24851.jpeg 731w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a24851-300x197.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<em>Ellychnia <\/em>sp. (Col.: Lampyridae)&nbsp; Ken Vaughan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a24c00.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"399.75106082036774\" title=\"KV_IGP0155 (Small).jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a24c00.jpeg 707w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a24c00-300x204.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/>Pale Tiger Swallowtail <em>Papilio eurymedon <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)&nbsp; Ken Vaughan<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a250ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KV_IGP0160 (Small).jpg\" name=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a250ad.jpeg 491w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a250ad-300x293.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dot-tailed Whiteface <em>Leucorrhinia intacta <\/em> (Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Ken Vaughan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;and it looks as though Gordon Hart is seeing the same animals!&nbsp; He sends the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a25cba.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"392.72499999999997\" title=\"Dot-Tailed Whiteface, Leucorrhinia intacta.jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a25cba.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a25cba-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a25cba-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dot-tailed Whiteface <em>Leucorrhinia intacta <\/em> (Odo.: Libellulidae)&nbsp; Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2670f.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"392.72499999999997\" title=\"Yellow Crab Spider.jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2670f.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2670f-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2670f-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/>Yellow Crab Spider <em>Misumena vatia <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisiidae) Gordon Hart<\/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>&nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang sends a <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail <\/strong>in its typical pose nectaring on Himalayan Blackberry, just like Ken&rsquo;s Pale Tiger above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a26e11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"403.328\" title=\"W Tiger Pang.jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a26e11.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a26e11-300x206.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/>Western Tiger Swallowtail <em>Papilio rutulus <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; On May 17 I posted a photograph of a caterpillar, which I labelled <em>Enargia infumata<\/em>.&nbsp; The adult moth from this caterpillar emerged two days ago and it looks as though it might be a different species.&nbsp; The three (or more?) <em>Enargia<\/em> species that we have in British Columbia pose an identification problem, and we are working to try to get a certain identification on this one, but for the time being I believe it is most likely <strong><em>Enargia decolor<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2710e.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588.8\" height=\"392.5333333333333\" title=\"Enargia.JPG\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2710e.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2710e-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2710e-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55745a2a2710e-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Enargia <\/em>sp. (probably <em>decolor<\/em>)&nbsp; (Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 June 7 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Sorry I&rsquo;m posting today&rsquo;s Invert Alert so early in the day&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m, just off to the monthly Butterfly Walk &#8211; at Duncan! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ken Vaughan writes:&nbsp; Had a nice walk around Beaver Lake Ponds on June 4, with two first-of-year-for-me odes. &nbsp; Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum (Odo.: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1696,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/1696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}