{"id":3642,"date":"2014-06-18T10:21:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T10:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp\/2014\/06\/18\/hymenoptera-at-sunset\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T21:42:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T21:42:49","slug":"hymenoptera-at-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/2014\/06\/18\/hymenoptera-at-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymenoptera at Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1370\" src=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0074.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0074\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night I went for a ramble at Iona Beach in Richmond BC, looking for insects and inspiration in the sand dunes. I knew the sunset would be pretty, as there was a bit of light wispy cloud in the west, so I hurried out to the end of the beach where restoration efforts hadn&rsquo;t ripped up the ground.<\/p>\n<p>I found my subjects attaching themselves to twigs and vegetation, bedding down for the night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1375\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-image-1375 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9989.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9989\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Coelioxys<\/em> spp. (Megachilidae) preparing to attach to a dead, dried flowerhead. Next time you go for a sunset beach stroll, have a look for these and other sleeping insects!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1376\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"wp-image-1376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9993.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9993\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you are a photographer, the combination of the setting sun and your flash can do wonderful things to highlight your subjects.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1372\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9954.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372\" class=\"wp-image-1372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9954.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9954\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An <em>Ammophila<\/em> wasp (Sphecidae), shot without flash, is but a silhouette against the darkening sky.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1371\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1371\" class=\"wp-image-1371 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0025.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0025\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am not sure, but I think I may have gone overboard with this session! It seems like it could be an ad for a tropical beach vacation for insects.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1373\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9968.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"wp-image-1373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_9968.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9968\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This slender and elegant caterpillar hunter is fast and nervous in the day, but wonderfully calm in the evening.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1377\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1377\" class=\"wp-image-1377 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0092.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0092\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the light was failing, so were my flash batteries, but this unplanned blur of a cluster of male <em>Colletes<\/em> males is still cool!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1378\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-image-1378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0099.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0099\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are so many bees on this flower that it sags to the ground!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1379\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1379\" class=\"wp-image-1379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/img_0154.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0154\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <em>Colletes<\/em> cluster against the darkening sky of night.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next time you go for an evening stroll on a sandy beach, head up to the dune vegetation, and have a look for these wonderful sleeping wasps and bees!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I went for a ramble at Iona Beach in Richmond BC, looking for insects and inspiration in the sand dunes. 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