{"id":10610,"date":"2020-05-05T16:33:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2020-05-05T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:36:03","slug":"may-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10610","title":{"rendered":"May 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 May 5<\/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>1 Melanlophia imitata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Perizoma curvilinea<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>4 Tyria jacobaeae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Venusia obsoleta\/pearsalli<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And he also saw some <strong>butterflies<\/strong> on his property! <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3 Sara Orangetips<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Western Spring Azures<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Cabbage White<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Propertius Duskywing<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong>(a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> lifer<\/span> for Jochen!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 502px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"503\" originalheight=\"480\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-15.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Spring Azure <em>Celastrina echo <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"439\" width=\"596.8\" height=\"419.86410256410255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-16.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sara Orangetip <em>Anthocharis sara <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/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_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"487\" width=\"596.8\" height=\"465.77179487179484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-17.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sara Orangetip <em>Anthocharis sara <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum sends a picture of a moth reared from a caterpillar found last year in East Sooke Park.&nbsp; The caterpillar feeds on  <em>Stachys<\/em> and also on the fern <em>Blechnum.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 334px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"334\" originalheight=\"445\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-18.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Euplexis benesimilis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Laura Weir sends a photograph of a bunch of <strong>Sheep Moth <\/strong>caterpillars from Uplands Park.&nbsp; If you find any of these caterpillars, you are advised not to handle them &#8211; they can give you a rash.&nbsp; You have been warned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 541px; 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=\"492\" originalheight=\"560\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-19.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sheep Moth <em>Hemileuca eglanterina <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae)&nbsp; Laura Weir<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemay Jorna sends a photograph of a small <strong>soldier beetle <\/strong>  from the Sooke Hills, May 4.&nbsp; Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identifying it as <strong>  <em>Dichelotarsus <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 491px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"491\" originalheight=\"395\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-20.png\">&nbsp;<br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dichelotarsus <\/em>sp. 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