{"id":10522,"date":"2020-04-27T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T23:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10522"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:36:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T23:36:23","slug":"april-27-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10522","title":{"rendered":"April 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 April 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Jochen M\u00f6hr&#8217;s moths from Metchosin this morning:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Egira crucialis\/simplex<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Egira perlubens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2 Eupithecia<\/strong><\/em>s<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>4 Hydriomena manzanita&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3 Melanolophia imitata&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Orthosia praeses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Orthosia revicta&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Orthosia transparens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Phyllodesma americana <\/em><\/strong>(same one, seems to like it here)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Tyria jacobaeae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Xanthorhoe defensaria&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 416px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"416\" originalheight=\"509\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pastedImage-192.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Egira perlubens <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 447px; 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=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"447\" originalheight=\"538\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pastedImage-193.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Orthosia revicta <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Val George writes:&nbsp; Here&#8217;s my annual posting of the <strong>Mint Moth<\/strong>  <strong><em>Pyrausta californicalis<\/em><\/strong> population that looks as though it has now established itself on the patch of mint in my backyard in Oak Bay.&nbsp; These moths appeared two years ago and have multiplied in numbers since.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll recall, incidentally,   that you reared a caterpillar that I brought to you when the moths first appeared.&nbsp; The attached photograph is of an adult that I found on the inside of one of my windows this morning, April 27.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 584px; 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=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"584\" originalheight=\"418\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pastedImage-194.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mint Moth <em>Pyrausta californicalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)&nbsp; Val George<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ann Tiplady writes:&nbsp; Just now, walking to the bank I found this moth on the sidewalk in Cadboro Bay Road, with a broken wing tip and pretty fouled in cobwebs.&nbsp; I pulled off what I could and put the moth on a warm wall.    <\/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_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"433\" width=\"596.8\" height=\"414.125641025641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pastedImage-195.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ceanothus Silk Moth <em>Hyalophora euryalus <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae)&nbsp; Ann Tiplady<\/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=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"427\" width=\"596.8\" height=\"408.3871794871795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pastedImage-196.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ceanothus Silk Moth <em>Hyalophora euryalus <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae)&nbsp; Ann Tiplady<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 April 27 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr&#8217;s moths from Metchosin this morning: &nbsp; 2 Egira crucialis\/simplex 1 Egira perlubens 2 Eupithecias 4 Hydriomena manzanita&nbsp; 3 Melanolophia imitata&nbsp; 1 Orthosia praeses 1 Orthosia revicta&nbsp; 1 Orthosia transparens 1 Phyllodesma americana (same one, seems to like it here) 1 Tyria jacobaeae 1 Xanthorhoe defensaria&nbsp; 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