{"id":10652,"date":"2020-05-09T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T02:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10652"},"modified":"2020-05-10T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T16:42:00","slug":"may-9-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10652","title":{"rendered":"May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 May 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I think <strong><em>Catocala<\/em><\/strong> must by now be almost full-grown.\u00a0 This one was on Garry Oak on Mount Tolmie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 506px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-48.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Catocala aholibah <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Erebinae \u2013 Catocalini) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0 The moth below is a much smaller one.\u00a0 Many of the small green wriggly caterpillars hiding in a folded leaf on a tree or shrub (and which are not Winter Moths, which are not wriggly) belong to the large family Tortricidae.\u00a0 We are grateful to Dr Jason Dombroskie for identifying this one as <strong><em>Argyrotaenia franciscana<\/em><\/strong> .\u00a0 Its caterpillar was found on Ocean Spray at Swan Lake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 453px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-49.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Argyrotaenia franciscana <\/em>(Lep.: Tortricidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Now here are a few beetles photographed by Scott Gilmore in Lantzville:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 320px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-50.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nemozoma punctulatum<\/em> (Col.: Trogositidae) Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 310px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-51.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pityophagus rufipennis <\/em>(Col.: Nitidulidae) Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 529px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-52.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Oxylaemus californicus<\/em> (Col.: Bothrideridae) Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 491px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-53.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Platycerus oregonensis<\/em> (Col.:\u00a0 Lucanidae) Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 All except the last of these are very tiny beetles.\u00a0 A very much larger beetle was found by Jochen M\u00f6hr in Metchosin today:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 363px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-54.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Chalcophora angulicollis<\/em> (Col.: Buprestidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 388px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-55.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Chalcophora angulicollis<\/em> (Col.: Buprestidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr \u00a0and Gordon Hart both photographed <strong>Green Commas <\/strong> today \u2013 in Metchosin and in the Highlands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 535px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-56.png\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Green Comma <em>Polygonia faunus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 548px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pastedImage-57.png\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Green Comma <em>Polygonia faunus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 At 6:45 pm this evening there were two <strong>Painted Ladies<\/strong> and a <strong>California Tortoiseshell<\/strong> on the Mount Tolmie reservoir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 May 9 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I think Catocala must by now be almost full-grown.\u00a0 This one was on Garry Oak on Mount Tolmie. &nbsp; Catocala aholibah (Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Erebinae \u2013 Catocalini) Jeremy Tatum \u00a0\u00a0 The moth below is a much smaller one.\u00a0 Many of the small green wriggly caterpillars hiding in [&hellip;]<\/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-10652","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\/10652","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=10652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10663,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10652\/revisions\/10663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}