{"id":10370,"date":"2020-04-17T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10370"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T22:51:58","slug":"april-17-morning-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10370","title":{"rendered":"April 17 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 Aptil 17 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From Gordon Hart:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello Butterfly\u00a0Enthusiasts,<\/p>\n

While we have had to cancel our Butterfly Walk, I\u00a0think\u00a0we can still safely go ahead with\u00a0an April Butterfly Count<\/strong>. Some areas will be closed or inaccessible and you\u00a0should avoid areas where physical\u00a0distancing would be difficult. If you want to count in your yard or neighbourhood, that\u00a0would be fine.<\/p>\n

It will take place from Saturday, April 18 to Sunday, April<\/strong> 26<\/strong>. You can submit a count anytime over the\u00a0period and you can do more than one count, just use a separate form for each count. In the case of repeat counts, or people doing the same area, I will use the highest number.<\/p>\n

To submit counts,\u00a0please use the form at: https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33<\/a>. If you have any difficulty with the form, just send me an email with the information. hartgordon19 at gmail dot com<\/p>\n

The count area is the Victoria Christmas Bird Count Circle, so it does not go beyond Central Saanich at Island View Road, or west past Witty’s Lagoon in Metchosin.<\/p>\n

Thank-you for submitting your sightings and good luck with your count!<\/p>\n

-Gordon\u00a0Hart<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum adds:\u00a0 While doing your Butterfly Count, keep your eyes open for the new fly, especially around thistle plants.\u00a0 See the April 17 afternoon Invert Alert for details.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Peter Boon photographed an interesting bunch of moths in Nanaimo on April 14, some of which we have already posted.\u00a0 Two of them, however, were a bit of a puzzle, and we post them now. The first one looks at first a bit like the familiar Orthosia hibisci<\/em>, but Libby Avis and I (Jeremy Tatum) now feel that it is more likely the much less common Orthosia pacifica<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Orthosia pacifica <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Peter Boon<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 The next one seems to be a dark form of an otherwise familiar moth.\u00a0 Because of its more-or-less uniform dark colour, it is hard to be sure of its identity, but Libby and I both think probably Orthosia praeses<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Orthosia praeses<\/em>\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Wendy Ansell photographed a Propertius Duskywing<\/strong> on Mount Tolmie on April 16:<\/p>\n

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Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0 Wendy Ansell<\/p>\n

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2020 Aptil 17 morning \u00a0 From Gordon Hart: Hello Butterfly\u00a0Enthusiasts, While we have had to cancel our Butterfly Walk, I\u00a0think\u00a0we can still safely go ahead with\u00a0an April Butterfly Count. Some areas will be closed or inaccessible and you\u00a0should avoid areas where physical\u00a0distancing would be difficult. If you want to count in your yard or neighbourhood, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10370","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=10370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10389,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10370\/revisions\/10389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}